Jean Linville
sparse elegance
December 7 - December 11 Week 46 /72
of the first crystalline sheet of
lake ice stretching shore to shore
air bubbles captured and frozen in time
of a frosted map of intricately etched
islands and opaque oceans of chilled
water vapor radiating out across windshields
of a gentle early morning snow frosting
the frozen surface of the lake leaving dark
mysterious circular windows into the world below