January 1

It's New Year's morning. The sky is gloriously clear, carrying the hope of sunshine all day - enough to hold onto and remember when the clouds of 2017 inevitably appear. Stay positive, my friends.



January 1


Smoke shadows stream
across cottonwoods cleaned
of sojourner leaves

A slight-of-hand incense swirling
through arms held high
beneath a morning glory sky



Marilyn Aschoff Mellor