Snow is still falling
from the enclosing sky.
Trees hang over fences
like rodeo clowns.
Under columns of jack pines,
a fox listens
for telltale scratching
beneath icy crust.
A white owl holds its
glide over the clearing,
while a hare
holds its breath.
The days now are leaflike,
tumbling away in the wind.
If I am not in freefall,
I am a feather on a wire.
Poetry on the run 
Great Googly Moogly but this is so good Ron!
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My first “Great Googly Moogly” – this is a red-letter day!
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Oh, wow. I loved the “rodeo clown” image…and then I reached the ending two stanzas. I was blown away–the idea of an owl holding its glide while a hare holds its breath….LOOOVE!
And the days as leaflike…the flowing word imagery of this is so powerful.
But finally, If I am not in freefall, I am a feather on a wire.
So good. You entered the eye of the hawk, it seems, and found a path into the very heart of nature itself, and to the animal world.
Stunning poem.
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Thank you Holly, I really appreciate what you have to say about the poem. I was suffering from “poster’s regret” after I put this up.
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I absolutely love this! Wow!
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Thank you.
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