Wednesday, December 31, 2014

sunrise

an owl calls 
just where the creek turns
into sunrise 


Tuesday, December 30, 2014

moment

a sun warmed moment
the croak of a bullfrog
begins and ends


Monday, December 29, 2014

rain

a cormorant
gathers its wings
rain-dimpled pond


Sunday, December 28, 2014

behind

year's end a few berries leave a few birds behind


Saturday, December 27, 2014

watching

watching clouds
the sound a stone makes
upon water


Friday, December 26, 2014

love

winter hills
shall we wander off
together, old friend


Thursday, December 25, 2014

ahead

the way ahead
beribboned with sun 
christmas morning


Wednesday, December 24, 2014

laughter

december mist
walking into
the laughter of ducks


Tuesday, December 23, 2014

gone

last bit of sun
the frog waiting all day 
suddenly gone 


Monday, December 22, 2014

blackbirds

bare branches
dancing to the sound
of blackbirds


Sunday, December 21, 2014

solstice

not one owl
to lighten the darkness
solstice night




Friday, December 19, 2014

float

almost winter
evening is a river
to float away on


last

last few leaves
the sweetest sound
i know


Thursday, December 18, 2014

easy

warm winter thoughts
the easy sound of sun
in the palms


Wednesday, December 17, 2014

slip

autumn's end
a turtle slips from
my shadow


Tuesday, December 16, 2014

list

patches of sun
my life list grows
a bird brighter


Monday, December 15, 2014

higher

a hawk's cry
the high as I climb
higher and higher 


Sunday, December 14, 2014

lofty

shades of blue
on a mountaintop
sunday morning


Saturday, December 13, 2014

downhill

last train
night goes downhill
from here


Friday, December 12, 2014

music

between leaves
of morning song
returning cranes



Thursday, December 11, 2014

sound

all the sound
leaves the pond, again
a hawk's slow circle


Wednesday, December 10, 2014

late

late for tea
a one footed duck
ignores me 


Tuesday, December 9, 2014

through

morning sounds
trees creep with me
through the mist


Monday, December 8, 2014

wine

rain heavy moss
the last of the wine
takes me home


Sunday, December 7, 2014

stay

autumn tattered
the butterfly
who stays the day


Saturday, December 6, 2014

laughter

last leaves ignited by the setting sun's laughter


Friday, December 5, 2014

glimpse

juicing oranges
a glimpse of black wings
in the fog


Thursday, December 4, 2014

smooth

quiet afternoon
on the smoothest rock
my shadow rests


Wednesday, December 3, 2014

language

excited by rain
the pond calls to me
in frogsong


Tuesday, December 2, 2014

calm

cloud mountains
the breeze turns lavender
as if to calm me


Monday, December 1, 2014

last page

though strangers
the hawk who stays with me
to the last page


Sunday, November 30, 2014

wine

thinking of wine
i almost miss dusk
turning moon soft


Saturday, November 29, 2014

cold

wind painted morning
fingers of cold turn me
this way and that


Friday, November 28, 2014

moon

washing dishes
with moon in my eyes
thanksgiving eve


Thursday, November 27, 2014

thanksgiving day

cut short
by an osprey's dive
the day of a fish 


hawk

leaving no mark
a hawk's cry cuts
right through me


Tuesday, November 25, 2014

heron

a great heron lifts
spreading its complaint
across the marsh


Monday, November 24, 2014

i

turning about
neither here nor there
honeysuckle and i 


Sunday, November 23, 2014

sunny side

morning blossom
how you always find
the sunny side


Saturday, November 22, 2014

voice

i hear your voice
but forget your name
faraway river


Friday, November 21, 2014

frost

opening the door
silence walks with me
into frost

Thursday, November 20, 2014

song

two bullfrogs
ripples of song disappear
in the reeds


Wednesday, November 19, 2014

lashed

autumn drought
a frenzy of cornstalks
wind lashed


Tuesday, November 18, 2014

kingdom

evening comes
waves of mountains roll
beyond my window


Monday, November 17, 2014

clinging

a day
when everything clings
cold wet moss


Sunday, November 16, 2014

kiss

as if lovers the raven and the moon rising


Saturday, November 15, 2014

karma

marsh light
not seeing the frog
until the fly


Friday, November 14, 2014

lonely

far from home
an owl's call sounds
so lonely

Thursday, November 13, 2014

reflections

golden reflections
my shadow takes me
the long way home