home

rocky trail

i listen to myself

turning home

chattering

a cat sleeps

beside the birdbath 

chattering trees

resurrection

resurrection

the first frog's voice

is so green

music

wind music

a willow trembles

with sparrows

quiet

quiet morning

i find a butterfly

to talk to

letting go

strands of sun - 

a river lets go 

the ducks

time

summer doldrums

measuring time

by snail

opening

bell celebration

opening the gate

to wildflowers

*for my friend

calm

lily pond

before the hawk

the calm

just

another night

just like the last

 . . whippoorwill 

heavy

and suddenly

the trail turned

heavy with summer

now

walking with myself

the here and now 

of a sunbeam

cut

morning cicadas

a chainsaw cuts

right through us

wish

pond voices

a penny carries my wish

moon deep

sultry

what does the prairie

say to a sultry night

morning haze

mint

june heat wave

adding a sprig of mint

to rice pudding 

ribbon

home run!

her ribbon carries sunset

around the bases

knowing

drifting swan 

this knowing of a place

i've never known

one more

each morning

i ask for one more

marsh mist

return

a winter of seed

the cardinal returns

with his son

wispy

summer afternoon

the wispy sound

of my whistle

another

faraway thunder

another crack dryer

another spring day

insomnia

to moonlight

add one mockingbird

- insomnia

turtle

last turtle the stillness about us

ripeness

berries bluer

than their ripeness

wild pancakes 

balance

troubled times

the balance

of a dragonfly

waiting

waiting for dawn

the silhouette

of an egret

here

from here to the end of there an ant's path

racing

racing waves the sandpiper always racing

moonstruck

finding myself

in someone else's shoes

moonstruck