__Through a winter day's change to night,  that extreme temperature change stresses our nearby pond's ice-cap, and that increased tension causes the ice to loudly creak.

snow moon
this pond speaks to the night
a neighbor's dog

Not a seasonal >confusion < just the >comfort< of my memories. Smiles! _m

summer rains
wash this snowfall away
lost calendar

__Is the snow hawk waiting for its shadow, 0r is the shadow... waiting for another hawk?  _m

this snow hawk
flies away from its shadow
another waits

__I am a "Contrary." Saving, and gaining time can be an extreme advantage, but so often I'd rather see and learn that which lingers at each curve; my positive view. Can time gained, ignore history... and generate its loss? _m

old paths curve
new trails cut straight
history passed

__A new beginning,  my computer recovery  is complete, and now 'tis far more efficient than its last performance; nothing lost. _m

charcoal in the hand
pushed and pulled in eye's sight
a hawk watches