Freeze-Up

I wonder at what exact moment
(I wish I'd been there)
something or someone said
"That's the very last drop going over."

And the startled waterfall
suddenly couldn't budge
and knew it was so.
-Raymond Souster

Maples

How much of magic
still lies between

first-sipped rain
and the soon-to-follow

branch-shy showing
of the buds?
-Raymond Souster