sway

the breeze is gone

but sunlight still sways

in the vines 

grace

troubled times

the grace of sunset

on a summer day

song

raindrops -

the first few notes

of an old song 

dust

pond of dust

a butterfly's quest

for a flower

sundown

sundown -

hanging moss lets go

a summer breeze

edge

lost in thought

the sound of wavelets 

at the edges

found

below the pine

a treasure lost

found by moonlight

last page

night breeze

the last page

trembles

dry times

dry times

the old toad

burrows deeper

empty

high summer

empty clouds floating

in the shallows

haze

a fish breaks

the river's calm

heat haze

through

dragonfly wings

shards of sunlight

as seen through 

just

the feather

just beyond my reach

a breeze too far 

shape

scallop shells the shape of an ocean breeze

echo

quivering branch

an echo of

what i missed

heat

for a moment

the heat is so cold

deep south 

leaving

leaving day

the child in me

wants to hide

sky

summer sky

a warbler's voice

goes on forever

stranger

wilderness hike

the scent of his trail

the stranger 

memory

summer firelight

the memory of a dog

nuzzles my hand

flutter

quiet afternoon

the barest flutter

of a toad's throat

tragedy

another tragedy . . 

evening curls quietly

in the pond

pixels

long ago summer

how many pixels

in a memory

the one

the one i return

to a salamander . . 

skipping stones

wondering

an open door just enough room for wondering

shy

a ripple shy of everywhere the bullfrog

in spite of

in

spite

of

a

mosquito

the

milky

way

woods

holiday evening

following no one

into the woods

two

one by one

just the two of us

goldfinch

departing

strands

of

sun

cling

to

their

feet

departing

ducks