wish

a penny’s worth

the silence of a wish

disappearing 

after

burnt sage

the fragrance of night

the morning after

ripples

a fish falls

from an osprey’s grasp

cloud ripples

one

one ant

leads to another

summer picnic

worry

worry stone

three skips closer

to sunset

cutting board

scallions

on the cutting board

fading light

banana

one banana

is all it takes

fruit fly morning

tsuri-dōrō

sneaking

wood floor

the sound of sneaking

home late

trail

sunrise

a new fragrance 

warms the old trail

undulation

lily pads

the undulation

of sunset

mourning

the murmur

of a mourning dove

misty evening

three

late summer

the three legged cat

wins every time

shiver

moonlight sonata

the shiver of wavelets

upon bare skin

musky

midday sun . . .

rich with rosemary

musky with sweat

summer

squirrels hiding nuts  under the pines  summer deepens

woodsmoke

an air of woodsmoke

     the transience of

           a flower

ocean

downriver

a seagull cries me

the ocean

harvest

harvest

the scent of earth

i carry home

dark

an owl’s call

the long dark sound

of no answer

bells

sunset

crossing the lagoon

carillon bells

above

rush hour blackbird above it all

hot

hot august night

trying to sleep

with a cricket

less

evening    one less duckling    returns

wild

riverbank the wild way you take me

blackbird

in a tree 

pink with flowers

blackbird

mist

out

of

the

mist

a

gull

cries

the

river

proof

proof

of residency

pond scum

home

shaping water

his way home

manatee

sultry

the old black cat

thinks he’s still young

sultry evening