The Climbing Tree

A view of the silos, barns, and house, with the ancient Climbing Tree in the foreground. Photo by Jim on February 17, 2017.

February 2017 Tanka

The phone lines
that should carry
your voice
sag with ice
this unfinished scarf,
I never could get
I the tension right

This warm kitchen
and a fragrance of
herbs
as familiar
as the pattern of
apples
on my
my grandmother's
apron

A perfect storm
snowflakes fall
straight down
indoors, outdoors
the balance of this
day
somehow shifting

     c.p.