Note from Elaine: I’m adopting poetry for this first post of 2017, contributed by a writer friend whose work I’ve admired for many years. Her beautifully crafted images capture much of what there is to love in northern New Mexico. Join Roberta as she takes you through Northern New Mexico’s palette with intimate details, sweeping panoramas, and all kinds of weather!
Grace Notes of 2016 in Jaconita
A form that’s perfect for today.
by Roberta Fine
JANUARY
Snow enhancing trash.
Crystal-crusted broken hoe
Crowned by red-topped finch.
FEBRUARY
Wrinkled, folded hills
Holding ancient secrets.
Spinning fireside tales.
MARCH
Finely crafted nest.
Feathered weaver’s masterwork.
Lying on the ground.
APRIL
Silver silhouette
Truchas Peaks shining in new
White Communion dress.
MAY
Hummingbird stealing
Insects from spider’s rich cache
In window cobweb.
JUNE
Slim moon slice smiling
In arching black velvet sky
Empty of storm clouds.
JULY
Coral fruit crowning
Lushly-leaved apricot tree.
Feathered thieves dive in.
AUGUST
Monarch’s stained glass wings
Fanning magenta blossoms.
Sipping as it clings.
SEPTEMBER
Apple scented breeze
Stirring hollow wooden chimes
Into two note song.
OCTOBER
Caught in burnt-red sprays,
October sun igniting
Locust’s vibrant leaves.
NOVEMBER
Yellow butterfly
No bigger than a nickel
Finding last flower.
DECEMBER
White veil laid smoothly
Overnight over Sangres.
Valley brown, leafless.
Poet Roberta Fine lives and writes in Jaconita, New Mexico. She finds inspiration from the diverse seasons and scenery of the Southwest.
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Roberta Fine has adopted Haiku as her medium of expression
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