Field guide No. 1170
Red bloom in cracked ice
Frozen, but trying.
A red flower with beaded petals sits inside a sheet of shattered turquoise ice, every crack running around it. It is the only thing here that has not agreed to the weather.
Field noteA beaded red flower sits in shattered ice, the cracks bending round it. Frost has been refused.
Also possible, also breaking physics
The unpicked noteSeeds get into pianos and some will sprout given light. Nobody has watered a Steinway yet.
Starry night pockets beneath daylight cloudsNight comes all at once. Under these three afternoon clouds hang funnels of starry dark.
Daylight between the pagesAn open book casts warm light inside a train carriage. The next stop is a footnote.
Upside down salamander beneath the puddleAn orange salamander clings under the water surface. Surface tension is strong, not that strong; the story holds up.