mood

winter mood a poinsettia intrudes

eagle

christmas day

an eagle stops by

the old pine

last

the last pod   

among the lotus

christmas rain

river

a trail of song winds downriver kingfisher

time

only a cloud

comes and goes

hospital time

song

a tail flick

and the song disappears

little brown bird

fires

last year’s fires

wrapped in my shawl

first cold spell

music

to

the

music

of

my

thoughts

night

walk

right

when right

feels so wrong

euthanasia

letting go

turtle on a log

the sound one makes

letting go

quid pro quo

quid pro quo  the crimson dawn  of insomnia

squabble

saturday rain

a squabble of crows

muddies home plate

news

evening news i return to the frogs

disregard

autumn storm

a hummingbird nest’s

total disregard

breaking

afterward

the sound of crickets

breaking news

mist

shades of grey

ducks down river

in morning mist

together

two old friends

the sounds of

     together

red pepper

a squirrel tries

a different nut

red pepper flakes

sunbeams

i

walk

along

interrupting

sunbeams

fall

morning

old

feathers in the wind  an old duck preens  for no one

tattered

last flower

the butterfly, too

is tattered

scones

autumn morning

shaping sunlight 

into scones

shadow

river rat

the shadow within

an owl’s voice

fluff

cattail fluff

i brush the day

from my hair

leap

two pines

a squirrel’s leap

between seasons

bananas

pressing ‘blend’

i cross my fingers

overripe bananas

heat

a squirrel runs

across the asphalt

heat haze

crickets

sleeping with wind waking with crickets summer love

after

after the storm

the sound of wind

dying in the trees

wherever

border wall

the wherever 

of wild asters

i

tropical wind

orange butterfly

and i

after

storm winds

the everywhere

of after

leap

squirrels leap

between treetops

the morning moon

blue

a quiet sky

a barrel floating

blue together

geese

a pond of geese

on the putting green

tropical storm

hurricane

my breath

on the phone’s screen

hurricane watch

rear view

only night

in the rear view

empty road

tropical

      tropical wind

the chitter of leaves

         rising

           falling . . 

rocking chairs

rocking chairs

a bottle passes down

a summer night

sonata

hanging branches

sonata for raindrops

on water 

window

herbs reach

towards sunset

window box

dream walking

dream

walking

sunrise

teases

the 

old 

cat

hatchlings

a snake hunts between raindrops frog hatchlings

etched

prairie grass

last night etched

in morning light

closer

old nest

the high watermark

one year closer

distance

moonroof

the distance between

the heres and theres

sleep

finding me

how long sleep takes

evening drizzle

harvest

harvest dawn dark clouds gathering blackbirds

everywhere

summer storm

the everywhere

of pine needles

fly

on the moon

the sound of a fly

in my window