summertime

the cat goes out

morning sneaks in

summertime

 

grace

uneasy day

the grace of mountains

drifting through clouds

 

summer

through the woods

summer arrives

with an owl

 

rhythm

fog settles

one leaf finds

its own rhythm

 

kestrel

pierced

by a kestrel's cry

the day's soft sound

 

landscape

summer woods

a landscape of

hidden moments

 

fluent

late spring

fluent now 

in green

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mirror

mirror images

grey-green mountains

frame my face

 

one

a snail's life 

one step

too far

 

nothing

june twilight

blackbirds on a wire

doing nothing

 

quiet

quiet evening

to a bumblebee

i am a flower

 

mosey

morning hike

i mosey up-mountain

on four legs

 

empty

almost summer

the breeze riffles

my empty page

 

few

for a few seeds  mountains of birdsong

 

whimsical

whimsical

the leaf falling

in the wind

 

but

june evening

everyone's here

but the fireflies

 

empathy

more bad news

the empathy

of a sunny rock

 

 

thanks

a bench on a hill

my word of thanks

to the tree

 

peach

morning light

the first bite

of a ripe peach

 

listen

listen . . 

day is slipping

into evening

 

formation

memorial day

shadows in formation

among headstones

 

earth

freshly turned earth

the sound of chipmunks 

in the garden

 

wildflowers

wildflowers

my yard full

of mountains

 

shopping day

shopping day

i park under a tree

without a bird

 

wild

bathing in rain

i turn skyward

as wild things do

 

pretending

pretending sleep

i watch the leaves

describe the wind

 

might

fog shapes

what might be moving

through the trees

 

quick step

young toad

our quick step

in the rain

 

snail

old, wet leaves

the smell of raking

down to a snail

moss

forest floor

time covers its tracks

with moss