The frozen landscape yields
the sun sparkling off frosted
skeletal trees and bushes,
the wind swirling snow
through the air,
ice on the river
casting a broken reflection
with its songs of summer
now silent.
Dan Hardison is a writer and artist living in Wilmington, North Carolina. His writing has appeared at Calliope, The Wise Owl, The Ravens Perch, Frogpond, Cattails, Contemporary Haibun Online, and other print and online journals. His book “Quietude” is available from Lulu Press.
