morning summer breeze
a concentric draft ascends
white oak leaves tremble
pretty history?
we leaf through books to find it
the page is torn out
in my apple tree
the blossoms getting closer -
new baby shower
The master inscribes.
The past, reborn, signs the page:
Footprints melt the snow.
above the treetops
a scattering of swallows
cross the summer moon
autumn butterflies
the warm golds and crisp crimsons
I mistook for leaves
The spring wind dances
Through the pines dislodging cones.
The earth glows and swells.
Wolf on Highway 2
dissolves into the forest
like a bell, unrung
midnight illusion
leafy branches reach skyward
holding moon aloft
a sly red fox hides
under the magnolia ?
patches of old snow
Fragrant, fertile earth
cloaks of compassion cover
multitudes of sin
Against my window
rain taps veiled time signatures
ebbing me to sleep.
a dying flower
wilted petals fall earthbound
resurrection comes
heavenly beauty
suspended in the night sky
woeful baying wolf
The well-spring in May
bubbles its sweet aroma
jealous flowers bloom
The steel against stone,
Dirt caking your pants and face,
You knock at Earth's heart.
walking clasping hands
twilight trail circles the lake
fog oroboros
Mighty redwood tree
canopies that reach for miles
humbled by their size
Wheat stubble in snow
Interrupts a field of white
Nature needs a shave
A weak winter sun
Vainly struggles to burn through
Winter's icy fog
Backlit by the moon
Stark skeleton of branches
Pierce the evening sky
the last dregs of snow
live and die by the Sun's glance-
feeding daffodils
my flower garden
once again in its full bloom -
watching falling stars
The first green of spring
protruding from snow and soil-
presents from the Sun
You may have felt it
An undulating mountain
Terra from ashes
wind of change blowing
ruffling feathers, teasing wings
the fates are spinning
Morning dew settles
silver on the last fall leaf?
soon death for rebirth.
You wake me gently
reach to me and warm my skin
Good morning sun ray
cool swirl of water
churning in the river's crook--
she laughs up the bank
Balance of nature
The sun rises, the sun sets
All in symmetry
this curtained darkness
something about the silence-
overnight snow drifts
Lichen covered tree
sides most stunted and deprived
lessons make us wise
Fresh, gentle, Spring breeze
Tides of tears roll out to sea
A new beginning
Early morning chores
Orion fills the West sky
I fill grain buckets
Leopards hunt silent
the breeze carries leaves gone by
the Fox dies alone
snow fallen branches
sway in a cold breeze, feathers
ruffle in a nest