Monday, January 28, 2008

Winter's plumaged palette

These days are the January doldrums for me

The mid-winter “blahs”

Trees—bare boned and sleeping still

And me feeling sluggish too…

Shades of gray dominate many days

But if one looks closely

The subtlety of the season holds beauty for the focused eye…

An angry kinglet with a ruby crown,

Sassy titmouse perky gray and skulking thrasher brown

Constantly curious Carolina wrens

Bawdy blue jay rancor and self-proclaiming din

Cardinals flashing brightest red and a flicker flashing gold

Paint a plumaged palette that colors winter’s cold

1 comment:

April said...

I enjoyed your beautiful poem and the quotes, especially Anne Frank's.