Brinksmanship
is routinely defined
as pushing
to the edge of disaster
in search of
advantage
Today is an exception
Today it’s
the inexplicable blooming
of this rose
after the first hard frost
and
the sun bothering
to illuminate
that rose
now that the last leaves
that had sheltered the bush
have finally fallen away
Dark Matter 
October 22nd, 2011 at 1:35 pm
So intense and picturesque – I could see it. No wonder you are a professional