Cold Snap

Stew on the stove

Fire by the hearth

The Christmas tree dances in its light

The ferns died last night

As did the salvia

And the Joe Pye weed

And the farfugium

All the leaves on the hydrangeas are brown and black

The angel wings flowers fell of their begonia stems

The cold torched the passionflower and the Peggy Martin rose

The flowering ginger wilts toward…