Spring skiing
snow kernels
earth smell
***
Maple farmer
stirring sweet mischief
SUMMER
Frog leaps
into the rings
of my eyes
***
Garden
is pegged down
by carrots
FALL
Hunters have gone
sumacs stand in a cluster
blood clots on antlers
***
Woodsmoke
A roadside farmhouse
WINTER
Where the hen was killed
Petals of poinsettia
***
Winter wind
Ice chandelier
***
Through frosted windows
A boys choir
© 2002, Dudley Laufman
Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.
~Edgar Allan Poe
The combination "ough" can be pronounced in nine different ways. The following sentence contains them all: "A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful plough man strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed."