Poem: The Snow is Heavy in the Field

Big flakes fall all day, cover everything. A child born this hour will know nothing different. But we know what lies beneath--the thin green fingers of irises, scarred wood from the season's last bonfire. Conversations buried like bulbs, silent until spring when the words bloom again. And other things--things we've been blind about, like gopher … Continue reading Poem: The Snow is Heavy in the Field