Trees are whispering
a song of pure solitude
on a winter day.
Thoughts weave in and out
Cobwebs in an autumn breeze
Caught up in days past
After Spring sunset
Mist rises from the mountains
Spreading like a flood
stack-stone flower box
summer's lease drifting away -
first crisp yellow leaf
fallen maple leaf
cradled in her tiny hand
autumn lullaby
Before winters cull
And the fallen are forgot
Summer sounds farewell
cold winter evening
buck-deer stands in churchyard light
his breath comes in clouds
Old cat purrs softly
Within aging, wrinkled arms.
It is Winter now.
late summer twilight
far across this empty lake
two or three voices
Intensity, Break.
Fourteen years of summer nights
Riding on one word.
Pastoral mornings
Glare of summer afternoons
Cool refreshing nights
backlit morning sun
translucent beryl green sky
sultry summer heat
all sounds, all feelings
all silent, all terror, all -
touched by the season
Another evening...
A file of yellow poplars
under the spring rain
Rough water, summer
Spring. The splashing of children.
Tanning old women.
wind swept summer storm
dogwood tree in full blossom
pink petal cascade
Summer visitor
Sipping juicy clementines
Verdant feathers hum
pollinators buzz
rhododendron blooms ablaze
summer coming soon
Sudden gusts of wind
Portend a Summer downpour
Lightning splits an oak
Oh, Enlightened One
Teach me how to see the truth
In the Autumn Grass
Match stick; sand paper
Scrape together, spark, and flame
A kiss in summer
Muggy summer air
Any thought of breeze is stalled
Trees dream of swaying
Spring rains beat the ground
As flowers escape through cracks
In their asphalt tombs.
She has been replaced.
Like the splinter of winter.
She retains her edge.
Spring rains replenish
Droplets sparkle in sunlight
Mudslide closes road
in winter, we sleep
tomorrow brings nourishment
our spring attunement
night blooming jasmine
savors silky, hushed moonlight
scents soft summer nights
Cold winter evening
Cardinal on snowy bough...
Truly feeling blue
one sweet gardenia
bursts forth this late March morning
promising summer
Early spring sunshine
Resilient daffodils
Defying the frost
deer season predawn
I pray the skill to bring death
and win forgiveness
We marry in spring
Petals falling on threshold
Blossoms crown above
Winter breathes so long,
spring whispers after darkness,
an encore not far.
Two sharp blasts of wind,
Bringing fierce chills to the bones,
Summer is long gone.
The trees are naked,
Bereft of leaves, winter's curse
Yet birds are singing
still a chill, sun bright
snows have packed their flakes and left
bright smiles welcome spring