before

after the storm

before the frogs

water music

worth

river wall

a crab shell’s worth

of raindrops

time

milkweed plant

the time it takes

two caterpillars

bumper

my bumper crop

of bumblebees

community garden

cucumber

cucumber vine

a bee belly-deep

in a sunbeam

prayers

dust

upon silk flowers

prayers for rain

grave

for your grave

these hands i use

broken crow

dry spell

water bucket the weight of a dry spell

bottle

monday morning

a bottle of sunlight

rolls ashore

wetlands

wetlands

a gull carries dusk

back to the sea

turn

the way

a kingfisher turns

moon tide

calm

a fish falls

from an osprey’s talons

morning calm

undulation

moonlit wavelets

the slow undulation

of my body

meditation

walking meditation

i lift a balloon’s blue

from the reeds

circumference

raccoon tracks

the circumference

of a pond

boardwalk

river boardwalk

the sound of days

flowing on by

shoreline

bottle in the sand a tiny crab beckons me

bulk

a frog jumps

just beyond reach

heron at dusk

sage

waiting on night

to cover for me

the scent of sage

afterwards

roadside crew

the dandelion 

afterwards

tiller

fingers claw

through dark soil

squash seedlings

peace

lavender buds

peace finds me

in the garden

shadows

evening breeze

reading between

the shadows

wisteria

new leaves

the sky blooms

in between

many

spring trails

one becomes many

yellow jackets

quiver

morning dew

a cobweb

quivers

offer

spring morning

i offer the breeze

wildflower seeds

memorial

memorial

service

his

river

walks

us

home

victim

reading each victim’s name spring sunset

decades

pawprints in clay

on the mantelpiece

seven decades