River ice

Overlapping the new ice with the old river.

River Ice  
David K Leff
Like cellophane stretched tightly over the mouth
of a jar, a thin skin of ice spans the slack water
while Elizabethan collars of frozen lace grace crusted
and glossy rocks congregating in the riffles.  Thick
old chunks huddled along the shore are healed
together from days of thaw following frost.  Lumpy
and uneven, in fleeting sunlight they appear like solidified clouds.