Sunday, December 26, 2021

enough

christmas night what light there is enough





Sunday, December 19, 2021

memory

memory
care
just
beyond
the
gate
long
night
moon



Tuesday, December 14, 2021

decorations

ribbons of moss

amid a few leaves

the old oak





Saturday, December 11, 2021

lights

traffic jam

a string of tail lights

across the bridge





Sunday, December 5, 2021

echo

closing the door
sleigh bells echo
down the hall




Wednesday, November 24, 2021

peace

seeking peace

a cold day plays me

leaf shadows





Saturday, November 20, 2021

early

just before water takes shape early bird




Wednesday, November 17, 2021

silent

silent water

i am just a soul

passing by




Tuesday, November 16, 2021

starlight

cello strings
over dark water
a star and i



Thursday, November 11, 2021

shiver

two doves

a dead limb shivers

as they settle




Wednesday, November 10, 2021

something

searching for something i might never have had morning light




Tuesday, November 9, 2021

change

one more day

without sand in my toes

coastal flooding





Friday, November 5, 2021

sip

in each sip
a hint of ocean
nor’easter 




Wednesday, November 3, 2021

tidal

tidal river the highs and lows of the moon





Tuesday, November 2, 2021

prairie

goldenrod

the prairie leans

into dusk





Friday, October 29, 2021

shopping

all the spots

filled with seagulls

shopping day





Tuesday, October 26, 2021

can

river party

a dragonfly floats

on a beer can





Monday, October 25, 2021

bridge

oncoming
truck
feeling
the
sound
of
two 
lane 
bridge




Sunday, October 24, 2021

Saturday, October 23, 2021

arms

orange tape
my arms surround
the old oak




Friday, October 22, 2021

rabbit

falling leaves

a rabbit flees

my footsteps



Thursday, October 21, 2021

cellphone

in the woods

under an old oak

a cellphone sings





Wednesday, October 20, 2021

light

wee hours

someone else’s light

across the river







Tuesday, October 19, 2021

stray

moonrise

a stray cat becomes

the forest





Monday, October 18, 2021

home

late afternoon
two kayaks go home
with the wind




Thursday, October 14, 2021

drought

drought
even now sunrise
has a voice



Tuesday, October 12, 2021

cooler

cooler morning

katydids sleep in

a little later







Sunday, October 10, 2021

rain cloud

such high hopes

for an empty cloud

drying pond





Thursday, October 7, 2021

fan

porch fan evening hums on softly 



Wednesday, October 6, 2021

butterfly

school crossing
a young girl follows
a butterfly




Tuesday, October 5, 2021

raven

ravencliffs i can sing anything in the mountains


Monday, October 4, 2021

knots

wild rhododendron
bushwhacking through
a thicket of knots




Saturday, October 2, 2021

Thursday, September 30, 2021

touch

cloudy
night
a
touch
of
moon
in
the
black
dog’s
eye




Wednesday, September 29, 2021

coolness

first light her coolness finds my warmth




Tuesday, September 28, 2021

spell

glassy pond
a cypress cone
breaks the spell




Monday, September 27, 2021

return

second cup my teabag’s return diminished




Sunday, September 26, 2021

old

bits of white 
deep in a wild vine
an old sign post




Thursday, September 23, 2021

traffic

river traffic

a canoe floats past

my kitchen window





Friday, September 17, 2021

adagio

sunrise
adagio for clouds
on water




Tuesday, September 14, 2021

wish

a penny’s worth
the silence of a wish
disappearing 




Sunday, September 12, 2021

after

burnt sage
the fragrance of night
the morning after




Thursday, September 9, 2021

ripples

a fish falls
from an osprey’s grasp
cloud ripples




Wednesday, September 8, 2021

one

one ant

leads to another

summer picnic





Sunday, September 5, 2021

worry

worry stone

three skips closer

to sunset





Saturday, September 4, 2021

cutting board

scallions

on the cutting board

fading light





Thursday, September 2, 2021

banana

one banana
is all it takes
fruit fly morning




Tuesday, August 31, 2021

sneaking

wood floor
the sound of sneaking
home late




Monday, August 30, 2021

trail

sunrise
a new fragrance 
warms the old trail