soft breeze caresses
rosebush birthing infant buds
sun kisses sweet babes
blue sky lying down -
tourists' selfies disturbing
the sound of the rain
painting wild flowers
blooms that can never be tamed
on land or canvas
Branches fight for sun
reaching skyward; mushrooms rest
on the forest floor.
Sun pokes through the clouds
Casting water images
Reflections of you
Happy, salient times
Golden rays of morning sun
Silver glow of dusk
abandoned bird nests
perch on top of leafless trees
my bones feel the cold
Chirping spring peepers
Bullfrogs' deep guttural croaks
Silenced by the wind
Night drinks horizon
Ocean stirs moon's reflection
Shooting stars streak by
clear night sky bright moon
exposed mouse-hole in border
cat paw tracks on soil
Shimmering droplets
Prism pearls upon green blades
Nature's refreshment
The moon's silhouette
Fades away in the distance
Forgotten nightfall
The artist brush drips
Silenced by nature's beauty
Oh, abandoned heart
Rain is romantic
the umbrella moved aside
for the wettest kiss
Winter melts away
Like a song lost in the wind
Birds come soaring home
black skies , scattered rain
a glimpse of my guilty heart
shrouded by darkness
Waves pummel the rocks,
sea spray sent to drown the sky.
Lightning burns through clouds.
An Osprey Feather
Gliding Above Silent Dunes
Freedom on the Wind
Winter still hangs on
Flowers bloom and quickly die
Confused birds take flight
Daffodils in bloom.
Earth renews; spring has begun.
Miss you all the time.
rusting horizon
trees beneath the rising moon,
mists from autumn lungs
geese hunkering down
next to wind rippled puddles . . .
shoppers scurrying
The aspen tree bleeds
her bloomed petals of fire
confetti the wind.
The moon lights the stage
Grains of sand dance through the air
Turtles meet the sea
night birds cry warning
beneath these moon-dancing waves
Leviathan sleeps
red-robed cardinal
posing in naked pear tree
cloaked by winter dusk
The sky black with cold
Icy white stars glittering
Sunrise too distant
wings beating the air
moonlight slipping through cloud breaks
winds travelling west
shadows seep early
pool night into the garden
shoots grow in the gloom
as I near the pond
the turtle head submerges
sky on still water
swirling skiff of snow
leaps and spins on windy gusts
a phantom ballet
first snow of winter:
I lace up my father's boots
and my mother cries
Sky, darkened blood, lit
By gauzy silk, saffron bands
Tight around full moon
dawning of the day
negligee at her ankles
the sun for her crown
The snow is falling,
the smell of cookies and pine
fill the Christmas air.
the etchings of dawn
mellow on the autumn sky
each stroke a facade