gnats

record heat

day ends with a yawn

full of gnats

through

between live oaks

through hanging moss

sunset comes

queen

as if queen  summer unfolds the day  before me

life

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careful

edge of things

careful not to step

on the sounds

missing

i use my finger

to draw what’s missing

cloudy night

laundry

after the storm

rehanging laundry

in rainbows

so

spring cleaning

the forest so near

yet so far

chessie

as she passes

untangling her dewclaw

from the blanket

try

squirrel proof

how many ways 

to try

shades

the shade of dark

that lightens sound

starless night

place

days of rain 

my place among

sounds of water

alone

hiking alone

the brush of wet leaves

on bare skin

mourning

a lone dove

at peace in the fog

the sound of mourning

softer

after the storm

mountains return

a bit softer

octave

playing spoons

i sip an octave 

from each glass

cobwebs

rusty nail

time fills emptiness

with cobwebs

one

quiet shadows

i am but one more

mountain dusk

green

a feather falls

into green sounds

spring morning

sculpture

from my window

the sculpture of

mating season

imagine

startled bobcat

i imagine me

in his eyes

even

worm on a fence

even after the crow

the worm

excited

last night’s rain

the excited voice

of the creek below

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the way of flowers

in the rain

reaching

reaching out

the almost there

of an inchworm

falling

cliff’s edge the sound of falling raindrops

passing

planting moon

i am the breeze

passing by

between

between ravens

a mountain rises

into distant rain

green

soft, green air

fresh from the valley 

a friend’s gift

imagining

raindrops

imagining the sound

hot tin roof