January

January

means time to dress-up warm

and seek season’s flavour.

Cast your eyes up high

and appreciate nature’s gift

surrounded by a natural

flow --- mature pines tipped

with silver leftovers from winter

snow that

overwhelmed the land.

Partridge watch from the safety

of ever-expanding boughs

as deer step quietly into shadows.

Our snowshoes take flight

on what feels like cake-icing.

The trail we left behind no longer

a dream but a memory  

and the campfire we enjoyed with a cup

of coffee still warm inside

as our spirits hurry us back home.

(c) 2018 Richard L. Provencher