The Bird Feeder

there's a fluttering and a flailing
there are flashes of orange
there's a chirping and a cheeping
there are falling leaves
burnt ochres, umbers and yellow green
and such showers of seeds
birds feed.

Wolf of Winter

The wolf of winter whines and whips white waves about the world.
The wind whispers a warning while war is waged out at sea.
We wonder and watch and wintess.
Will we wake to the worst of the weather?
While the woods are washed
and we are warned.
Woman, return to the womb
to wait out this waning moon.