calm

the mermaid

i would have been

calm waters 

life

between a rock

and a hard place

a snail’s life

still

in the woods

as still as the doe

i become

orange

orange seedling

will i live to breathe

your blossoms

hero

a handbell sounds

the name of each hero

memorial day

window

raindrops on water

i close my window

to the frogs

bullfrog

sunset falls below a cloud bank the bullfrog

shallows

fingerling

an egret stalks

the shallows

gravity

tadpole

the

gravity

of

drought

lights

headlights

a river of stars

between us

party

‪party of crows the sound of my arrival‬

‪

isolation

isolation

i open the door

to the wind

unearth

in a sunny spot

the squirrel unearths

my row of seedlings

pain

‪even moonlight‬

‪can’t mask the pain‬

‪devil’s walking stick‬

murmur

late night jazz

the deep blue murmur

of alone

thunder

thunderstorm all that lies between us

bubbles

pond bubbles the mystery of who knows