12.26.2010

cozy claret walls

and a soft moss green sofa

a welcome refuge

12.25.2010

I believe in joy

I believe in giving gifts.

I believe in love.

Merry Christmas!

12.24.2010

pale glass green water

beneath a lowering sky.

the lake almost glows.

12.22.2010

neil gaiman’s ‘sandman’

is not just a comic book.

true storytelling.

12.21.2010

a foggy solstice

the old year disappearing

the new one hiding

12.20.2010

the blues guitar wails

like a soul squeezed in a vise,

the heartbreak dripping

12.19.2010

verdigris griffon

guards wisconsin avenue

watching from above

12.18.2010

incense and candles

the odor of sanctity

scent of holiness

12.17.2010  (bonus haiku)

fractured cloud fragments

litter the sky like the bull’s

shattered bone china

12.17.2010

Christmas lights twinkle

little stars fallen to earth

bringing yuletide joy

12.16.2010

the conductor writhes

and gesticulates wildly,

helping not at all

12.15.2010

sleigh bells are ringing

carolers are caroling

cd is spinning

12.14.2010

half moon like a cup

in the sky, spilling ice and

stars everywhere

12.13.2010

wild waves gallop to

the breakwater, rearing up

and leaping over.

12.12.2010

snow clouds clear away.

the setting sun disappears

in cold radiance

12.11.2010

rain splashes into

black bottomless holes.  does it

rain up in China?

12.10.2010

driving in the snow.

I know what I’m doing, but

everyone else?

12.09.2010

ice on the river

black gash where deep water flows

like shameful secrets

12.08.2010

like cold castanets

for a frigid flamenco,

bare branches clatter

12.07.2010

radio rouses

me from deepest slumber.  shit.

too freaking early.

12.06.2010

gleaming brass portals

to Greek Revival grandeur

entice and intrigue

12.05.2010

love the smell of snow!

that tang, that bite, that… something…

fresh and clean and cold

12.04.2010

fine new snow conforms

to bi-chromatic branches

tree in black and white 

12.03.2010

the sun makes the lake

sparkle like a disco ball

I feel like dancin’

yeah

12.02.2010

arctic wind biting

deep into defenseless bones.

aaaah - whiskey warming!

12.01.2010

street light garlanded

snow glitters among the boughs

feels like Narnia