One More Year to Remember©
Dan Lukiv, M.Ed.
English and Creative Writing
McNaughton Centre, Quesnel, BC, Canada
E-mail: lukivdan@shaw.ca
chapter 12
december 1
such a long silence
replaces the screams
of a distant cat
december 2
hoarfrost
beneath the full-moon
drips
december 3
i stop walking:
diamonds atop snow
stop dancing
december 4
a white fox
watches me, then runs off--
i feel hungry
december 5
snow crunches
beneath my boots--the barn door
feels warm
december 6
we buried grandpa--
still his gold watch ticks
on the dresser
december 7
a snowman
has survived the four-day thaw--
grass, already green
december 8
hoarfrost trees--
soft bushes that dust off
my mind
december 9
above the hoarfrost,
two power line towers glint
at sunrise
december 10
frozen apples
on a leafless tree--
winter fruit
december 11
at sunset,
an empty eagle's nest in a
bare poplar
december 12
the horse
in the frosty meadow
cocks one ear
december 13
a crow
on a snowy limb
meows
december 14
this desert lake of
growling ice: i turn around,
expecting a beast
december 15
the mother’s cart, filled
with cans of pop, bags of chips,
and a few carrots
december 16
at the convention
people flip bible pages--
soft rain on the roof
december 17
the winter sun
above the river ice
above cold water
december 18
-35:
sun rays through this window
burn my face
december 19
birds in leafless trees
near the ice-covered lake
chirp
december 20
lake-ice cracks: in our
log home we stop eating
to listen
december 21
this first warm day:
near the hives, whirring bees
madly defecate
december 22
-30:
a tow truck tows
a tow truck
december 23
in dense fog
ice fishermen laugh somewhere
on the lake
december 24
cariboo winter
straddles the fraser,*
like a clawed beast
*fraser river
december 24
as i read, and my
wife plays “moonlight sonata,”
the world is perfect
december 25
we are stunned by the
lightening that blows apart
the snowy spruce tree
december 26
the full moon--
a cataract in the
day lit sky
december 27
she says, "the car slid
on its roof into my yard,
and then it blew up"
december 28
pox-faced and alone,
the white moon rises in the
starless blue
december 29
the famous writer
on tv garbles his thoughts
and smokes a cigar
december 30
an egg,
held by darkness--
this moon
december 31
mozart on fm--
sunrays pass through a hole
in the clouds
the end, but certainly not the end
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