shy

dusk settles

a spring peeper’s

first shy note

place

finding her place

between black and white

the young eagle

silence

moment of silence

a chickadee

the first to speak

gunshots

gunshots

the wind hints

of spring

too

rain shelter

the one bungee

way too short

slow

slow afternoon

a clerk wipes nothing

from the window

button

another button

lost along the way

lifting fog

ladybugs

ladybugs

in and out of my beer

all day rain

accepting

prayer flags

accepting the breeze

letting it go

whistle

the window

that whistles

evening fire

lives

with his paintbox

the lives he creates

drag queen

crows

a tractor rumbles

on a distant farm

clouds of crows

shaping

shaping our backs

to the forest floor

meteor shower

classics

late night classics

humming the lyrics

i knew by heart

script

my father’s script

on the frayed recipe

vichyssoise

dandelion

your dark coffee

my dandelion tea

winter morning

returns

split rail fence

what time returns

to the forest

because

winter night

salsa y guacamole 

just because