Curving rim of lake
Sunset laps at rocky shore
Daylight drains away.
Curving rim of lake
Starlings blur in flight
Starlings blur in flight
Scattered like a thousand leaves
Blown from bare branched trees.
Dawn drifts through pink fog
Dawn drifts through pink fog
Birds float on reflected sky
Mirrored mountain lake.
Orange folds in sky
Orange folds in sky
Clouds draped like brilliant blanket
On shivering trees.
Giant icicles
Giant icicles
Silent columns clinging tight
Frozen waterfall.
Overnight world changed
Overnight world changed
River frozen at edges
Bare ground turned to white.
Storm clouds gathering
Storm clouds gathering
Slanting rays cut through small break
To graze winter peaks.
Moon curls up in clouds
Moon curls up in clouds
Reflected where stream meets lake
Glowing in twilight.
Heavy slate gray clouds
Heavy slate gray clouds
Let fall a million snowflakes
Slowly blanket earth.
Bright start of new day
Bright start of new day
Dawn was wild with sunshine
Spilled from sky to earth.