Poem #9: Concerto in Snow

I. No Two Moments Are Alike

A single flake falls
from the paper white sky—
floats and dances
down,
down,
down,
to kiss the cheek
of a child’s upturned face,
where it melts
into a new word on her lips: snow.


II. Monochrome

Oh Cardinal
in the leafless tree,
how can you bare to be
the loveliest creature I see?


III. Bigger Than Words

My niece signs bird,
with her plump fingers flapping.
Soon her mouth will form the word,
which may feel less like flying.