New Year's Eve

unsplash photo by Alexander Andrews

full moon,

cloudless sky,

clean slate

©Mary Lee Hahn, 2017

Snow...Crow

Flickr cc photo by Tauralbus

muffle of snow

black smudge under the oak

one crow

©Mary Lee Hahn, 2017

Traveler

Summit Racing,

Woodcraft, Helen Winnemore's:

worlds apart.

©Mary Lee Hahn, 2017

To-Do List

Unsplash photo by Glenn Carstens-Peters

only five days left --

hiding from her to-do list

curled up with a book

©Mary Lee Hahn, 2017

Swimming in Winter

swimming in winter --

every bit of discipline

needed for the plunge

©Mary Lee Hahn, 2017

Holiday Fridge Tanka

Holiday fridge:

two half-filled bottles of wine,

one leek, heavy cream.

Let's finish the leftovers

and start fresh with simple fare.

©Mary Lee Hahn, 2017

Cold

bleak and cold

the pond's not frozen over...

not just yet

©Mary Lee Hahn, 2017

Enough

more more more more more

in this season of excess

"enough" is tricky

©Mary Lee Hahn, 2017

Apple

unsplash photo by sydney Rae

summer's memory

forgotten 'til just now

wrinkled old apple

©Mary Lee Hahn, 2017

Science-Based Diversity

unsplash photo by Joel Filipe

deep ocean food web

science-based diversity

exists despite ban

©Mary Lee Hahn, 2017

Winter Solstice

solstice sunset --

skeletal sycamore

backlit by autumn

©Mary Lee Hahn, 2017

Missing Mom

my heart leans west

toward the home no longer there --

missing mom

©Mary Lee Hahn, 2017

Winter Garden

Unsplash photo by Glenn Carstens-Peters

winter garden

potential beneath oak leaves

anticipation

©Mary Lee Hahn, 2017

Outdoor Recess

Unsplash photo by Noah Silliman

teacher gladly trades

wintery temperatures 

for outdoor recess

©Mary Lee Hahn, 2017

Birding by Ear

Flickr cc photo by Randen Pederson

tracked to tree trunk

hidden woodpecker

rat-a-tat-tat

©Mary Lee Hahn, 2017

Sunrise

silence

ticking clock, humming furnace

sunrise tiptoes in

©Mary Lee Hahn, 2017

Tradition

in this moment

past holds hands with future

tradition

©Mary Lee Hahn, 2017

Winter WInd

persistent north wind

attempts to crystalize

water in my cells

©Mary Lee Hahn, 2017

Indoor Recess Season

temperatures plummet

teachers prepare for long haul 

indoor recess season 

©Mary Lee Hahn, 2017

Ornaments

box of ornaments --

felt, styrofoam, beads, ribbon --

still smells like Mom's house

©Mary Lee Hahn, 2017

Tap Dance

flickr cc photo by Gary J. Wood

north wind 

oak leaves tap dance 

down the street 

©Mary Lee Hahn, 2017

Christmas Cactus

Christmas cactus 

explosion of color 

winter fireworks 

©Mary Lee Hahn, 2017

Storms

storms rage -- 

damage, injustice -- 

seek refuge 

©Mary Lee Hahn, 2017

Stress

Unsplash photo by Michal Grosicki

stress relief: 

60% cacao 

melts slowly

 

©Mary Lee Hahn, 2017

Fall Drive

Flickr cc photo by Nicholas Tonelli

rural PA smells:

smoking meat, spicy fall weeds,

hot pine pitch

©Mary Lee Hahn, 2017

Hawk

Flickr cc photo by Shelly Prevost

above the playground

unbothered by winter wind

hawk soars

©Mary Lee Hahn, 2017

Pomegranates

mom brought the whole world

to a rural farming town --

pomegranates

©Mary Lee Hahn, 2017

Class Crud

stomach flu, pinkeye

sinus drainage, rattling cough --

hands chapped from washing

©Mary Lee Hahn, 2017

Writer

Flickr cc photo by José Miguel S

writer cups hands

captures fragile fleeting thought

momentarily

©Mary Lee Hahn, 2017