1/31/20: Sunless Days

another

blank sky and a million shades

of shade

1/30/20: And Some Cannot Rest

worrying—

the drone of engines paused

at a red light

1/29/20: Lost in the Season

a January

bird shrieks—loneliness, it’s own

havoc

1/28/20: What Can’t Be Shoveled

last week’s snow

lingers—now the color and

shape of frozen smoke

1/27/20: Ode to a New Glass

your blue won’t

alter a sagging winter-

gray sky—but helps

1/26/20: Swimming Lethe

how risky can it

be if its creatures also

remember nothing?

1/25/20: Narrative Clues

a pile of shirts heaped

in the sidewalk—throwaway

or lost soul?

1/24/20: Art Class

paints burn in

colors at temperatures

I can’t reach

1/23/20: Unverified Observation

beneath the snow

just sprouted seeds freeze in earth—

grave and garden both

1/22/20: Doing Crossword Puzzles

momentary

recognition—the missteps

just before sleep