Taking the Pulse of Winter

(solo rengay)

a large day. . .

the prairie fills

with sky

curled in the toe of my boot

a barn kitten

hoar frost . . .

a barbed wire fence

snags the sun

snowdrifts. . .

the cattle flank-deep

in stars

the silver flash of our blades

frozen slough

northern lights. . .

an old windmill stirs

up the night