waxing gibbous moon

waxing gibbous moon

dances half the night away

with a big bright star

Gusty wind again all day. 2012 is coming in like a lion, so perhaps it will go out like a lamb. Just after sunset tonight, Venus appears all decked out in bright splendor, yet she retires early, while the Moon, half full of intoxicating light, dances with her brilliant partner Jupiter until after midnight.

cold wind from the north

cold wind from the north

blowing away dead leaves, gray 

clouds, brittle branches --

in the lacuna between 

clouds and earth, a golden glow

New Year's Day, 2012, temperatures hover around freezing, but a strong northwest wind makes it feel twice as cold. The arctic wind roars all day, sweeping away the old, opening space for the new. Last year's dead leaves leap across the road. Brittle branches cartwheel to the ground. A flock of gray-belly clouds scurry south. As the first day of the new year blows away, the sun hurries to its western bed. Then into the lacuna between clouds and Earth, a golden glow arcs over a golden dome, suffusing the sky, the day, the coming year.