Polar Bears, fragrant and prickly,crouch in the coldlistening for the echoof flute notes in crystal caves.Fiercely, fiercely bread bakesdefying the bitter stingof tule fog.Follow the riversfollow their floating trails of sycamore leaves and orange blossoms.One river flows west.One river flows south.Crashing together, a joyful tumble.Saint Francis is beckoning:he will take you all the way to … Continue reading Animals in Winter: as large as fog, as warm as bread
