The Universe of the Back Yard

As another storm approaches, this is a set of scenes I will see again tomorrow, or possibly the next day, depending on the timing of the storm.

Snowscapes

Wind banked snow against the house
blew crystals into ripples
across the back yard,
each a thin shadow,
as if winter fairies
had etched the landscape.
Look away, look back,
squirrel tracks stamp,
circle the bird feeders
make spokes to forsythia,
clothesline post, willow tree,
a white on white mandala
the birds will fill
with black-oil sunflower,
yellow seed corn, peanut shells.