a berry clings / to the broken twig / almost too sweet

squirrels stopped playing / the minute the wind began / to sing lonely songs

reflected shadows / of flying geese are painted / lightly on the pond

Old good dog sleeping, / legs twitching, in redwood shade. / Chasing rabbit dreams.

Captured by moonlight, / lonely merganser paddles / on ghost-mirrored pond.

Three white crows walking, / heads bowed like old men talking. / Who's got a cigar?

yellow jacket flies / too close to dog's food. jaws snap! / and it's dog food, too.

eighteen wheeler loads / my life in cardboard boxes / taped shut, marked fragile

Bud, bird, bee and bush / green fuse through the cold spring dirt / sweet scent; life in bloom

passing ships align / twin Staten Island ferries / orange boats grey waves

Cherry blossom breeze / scents the blue crowned sun- kissed sky / pink blood comes to life

Corn country garage / Elvis lives Indiana / smoking room only

shiny and rolling / in my palm like a marble / is the tick alive?

lemon blossoms / freshly laundered shirts / on the clothesline

pulsing sea jellies / a symphony orchestra / on mute

one more step to the top / the falling snowflakes / a little louder

tatttered brolly / roosting on the scarecrow / flapping wings

snow moon / the blue shadow / of a bare birch

full moon / floating face up / in the bird bath

rainy day / champignons sweat / on the hot stove

in his fog-cloaked car / the drowsy policeman / licks his fingers clean

sunrise / over old Portsmouth / the bob of the pontoon

winter sun / long shadows stretch across / this Sunday afternoon

outside the library. / a pied wagtail / bobs through the rain

boats / in winter storage; / rain still falling

small hours / sudoku / then the stars

summer of love / stroking the curves / of our black and white car

siesta / the sun / sketches me a moon

The moment two bubbles / are united, they both vanish. / A lotus blooms.

still in containers / the morning glories / start without me

mile high . . . / adding my breath / to the clouds

clouds seen / through clouds / seen through

the river / the river makes / of the moon

my fingerprints / on the dragonfly / in amber

train wobble / a son and dad replicate it / to the buffet

of planes lacking charm / grim clouds decay in the mist / as I close my eyes

Hiroshima Day / in the friendship garden / flashes of koi

mountain pass / this hairpin turn / you and me

overcharged / at the hotsprings, naked / for less than we paid

the green fuse went pfft, / but you'd think the dachshund nabbed / a live cherry bomb

old man / thinks no one is watching / and limps

Distant thunder hums. / The dog ascends to my bed / guarding me from sleep.

someone left –– / the winter bench / invites me to sit

my heart / after the finish / still running

first warm night / geese honking somewhere / among the stars

her frayed scarf / a comfort / wound three times

Five stones in the snow / Coyote approaching slowly / Five rise into flight

awake? if so joy / cinnamon toast and coffee / morning in bed

breathe the filtered woods / we whisper reverently / among red sequoia

rocky coast / the taste of salt spray / on her chapped lips

maidenhair fern / my grandmother's / embroidery

morning prayers / her Hopi flutes stacked / in the sunflower can

May sun / I’m the one / the puppy comes to

stop to tie my shoe / look up evening comes / without warning

cold day at the beach / a man casts his line / only twice

my blind date / disarms the alarm / she invites me in

scotch and water / no straw or reason / is needed

a signpost / both directions pointing / to the same place

when no one's here / the windchime's / greatest hits

showing the empty pack / as proof / fireflies at last call

missionary sun / the weed whip knows my hands now / lawn discipline day

daughter in law / from the town – throwing a book / at a cackling hen

humble pie / at wit's end / last paycheck today

letter from a friend / his black mood in charge / ticking leaves

intervention / he asks to check / the hockey score

autumn harvest / we eat the dead / to survive

on the tram – / everybody talking yet / nobody with nobody

candle stump / and cold dinner / stood up again

night freezes snow slush / man slips on slick porch step— / time to buy more ice

finally / on last year's poinsettia / a red leaf.

The New Year – / a boy decided to keep / all the puppies

twang / bull's eye / cold moon

foraging for ramps / dandelion digger in hand / May-basket salad