pictures of snow
lapse at spots
to unhide ink
snow no darker
than the sky
grays a raven
bird calls banks
stirs fixed point
drifts into trees
will weigh slender
the raw chink
the rooted frame
the snow’s joints
number the unique
ways to fall
or still branch
or dead leaves
or some rust
raven give us
what falls orthogonal
what aligns vision
photos of ravens
have a gloss
of their own
from SurfacesFind more by John Tipton at the library
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