Snow White in February

The Winter storm has abated
leaving behind feet of snow in places
rain falling now like bits of ice
not penetrating enough to cause
much needed melt

yet the tiny nuthatches and sparrows
are not minding as they leave
tiny footprints across snowy white
landscape

where some blades of green grass show
left from snow shovels pushed forward
to leave room for small canines
who might disappear from view

yet melt increases in equal measure
with the depth of snow left deep
flood watch will soon ensue
whilst rivers rise as Nature’s
gateway to the sea

© February 2021 Renee Espriu

Photo Below Taken by Myself

Iced Sugar Crystals

My studio shown in the early morning sun
as though decorated in tiny sugar crystals

the panes of glass in the windows white
as though painted in a thin sheen of ice

reminding me of another frosted landscape
bristling of crunchy crystal iced patterns

though trees are beginning to show leafy buds
while rhododendron buds look ready to bloom

all signaling that Spring will soon arrive
with a warmth showering landscape with green

© February 2020 Renee Espriu

Photos Taken From Public Domain Pictures & Created As Art

***Visages of Jack Frost***

This is my photo which I digitized.

visages-of-jack-frost

frozen sap unyielding
Jack Frost waits
ice crystal reverie

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Elemental

elemental as fire and ice
my soul within me                               
gives rise to crimson
ashen lithe but strong
to cool as rivers swift
and strong allowing my
Spirit to rise in song

 

 

© September 2012 Renee Espriu

 

#19 Small Stone: Frozen Images

Images iced and frozen          
held captive in a
storms frozen embrace
where time and the
cycle of nature only
will release them

 

© January 2012
Renee Espriu

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