The Female by Lori Lipsky

Demure she sits

light on the branch

poised with confidence

Drab in olive dress she rests

with orange beak

with miniature crest

Demure she perches

waits for him

to approach in brilliant red


Lori Lipsky, Wisconsin, USA

Three Horses in the Cold by Lori Lipsky

There stood three geldings strong
Side by side
Near the fence—
We paused our hike
In admiration
And they returned our gaze

From the horizontal bars
Of metal pipe fence
Hung neat rows of
Miniature icicles—
A delicate
Crystal valance


Lori Lipsky, Wisconsin, USA