Monday, January 20, 2020


winter fungi cling
drawing out the last of life
from the yellow birch

-jmb


Sunday, January 19, 2020



ancient lichened snake
slithering up the bare oak
oh...just a grapevine

--jmb

Saturday, January 18, 2020


two male cardinals
hunkered down against the wind
too cold to squabble

--jmb

Friday, January 17, 2020



house finches feeding
glad to find sunflower seed
on an icy day

--jmb

Tuesday, January 14, 2020


not a northern flicker,
this red-bellied woodpecker
has no belly spots.

--jmb

Monday, January 13, 2020



downy woodpeckers
out for an afternoon treat
mmmm...peanut butter

--jmb


Sunday, January 12, 2020


the plant kingdom too
has its prickly porcupines:
spiny sweetgum balls

--jmb


Saturday, January 11, 2020



still decorated
for Christmas long after Twelfth Night:
holly's red berries

--jmb

Friday, January 10, 2020


chick-a-dee-dee-dee
chattering, chirping, chiding:
Dan!!! More bird seed please!

--jmb

Thursday, January 09, 2020


where a limb once was
now an elegant front door
perhaps for a bug

--jmb

Wednesday, January 08, 2020


a fur-covered bud
wrapped tight against winter winds
spring's magnolia

--jmb

Tuesday, January 07, 2020


wild distant seas
mysterious continents
mapped on sycamores

--jmb

Monday, January 06, 2020


leaves cling steadfastly
to the great white oak branches
always last to fall

--jmb

bright-eyed and wary
a nervous tufted titmouse 
wants to eat alone

--jmb

Saturday, January 04, 2020


cozy home for rent
a bit windblown but well-made
by Mother Robin

--jmb

Friday, January 03, 2020





sodden sweetgum leaves
rain drops cling to wet branches
See! the world in each!

--jmb



Thursday, January 02, 2020


five purple petals
waxy green leaves--this year's
first periwinkle

--jmb

Wednesday, January 01, 2020


sturdy points of green
freshly chilled in icy snow
worshipping the sun

--jmb