January to July

January

Winter’s bone

Gnawed, taunts

Dogs who hone

Jaws on bone

February (Valentine)

Last year’s rut

Stoned in mud

Bemoans my love

March

Clay gapes

As rain pelts

Snow away

Ice melts

April (Fool)

Stars I leap

Clearing a puddle

Why was I deep

In a muddle?

May

A fanfare of ferns

Assembled upon air

Expands everywhere

June

The glazed bay

Anchored hulls

Sky silvering

The cry of gulls

July

Who would eat

An egg you fry

On the sidewalk,

In July?