sun spills burgundy
sea drunk on late summer light
waves stumble on rocks
Son climbing boulder
Taller than your little self
Leap into a cloud
Moisture dribbles down
fogged coffee shop window panes.
Snow quilts hide pickups.
Swollen russet heads
nod sun-stained petals to earth
in summer's last sigh
Golden Aspen leaves
Shimmer round the white-bark tree
Doe eyes turn and stare.
wet tea leaves settle
point to a new direction
barefoot little girl
cold October rain
tea growing cool in brown mug
muted household sounds
Sunlight through the prism--
this light waterfall is me
reflecting a cloud.
Freshly fallen snow,
bird tracks layered with raccoon
scribe hieroglyphics.
narrow steep stone steps
guide hot feet to soft smooth sand
breathe in cool sea breeze
heavy clouds descend
beach plunges into gray gloom
sky is lost at sea
Faded firefly grave
Moonlight in our sky above
Rusty iron fence
feathers on the path
a wind among yellow leaves
with birds on its breath
Tall the bee balm blooms:
open flowers inviting
hummingbirds' return
Your rich white spotlight
Throws wavy pink stripes westward
Once in a blue moon
Hollowed out logs lie
sun-drenched within a clearing-
stress evaporates.
your love is cool rain
falling on the arid scene
quenching desert thirst
still, heat thickened air
ripe peaches languish in trees
dreaming of the fall
Japanese garden -
I think I'll just spend the day
counting my blessings
Purple peony
salutes a radiant sun
shuns the dark of night
My basil garden
Invaded with rosemary
Wards off mosquitos
bees flit through velvet
sway of sedge and pink foxglove
sun-dried clouds soak earth
Tiny buds open,
And then a lovely flower,
Soon a fading hue.
trees swollen with leaves
a red ball low in the sky
crimson foliage
on old sand scrubbed brick
senorita arching high
loves miles of blue sky
The trees are humming,
Like they need to let off steam.
The wind train passes.
I run with the fish
swim with birds and fly with toads
My dreams hold me tight
Damp leaves on slick tar
Gliding bicycle on film
Spinning and spinning
flowers we gathered
dying slowly in vases
they remember dirt
Eternal river
Sculpting the canyon below
Washing time away
Under a half-moon
is a determined cricket
live and in concert
A season of change
Inevitably follows
One leaf in the wind
walking through the park
dewdrops reflect the full moon
winter night in bloom
Summer birds in flight
Ducks and geese go drifting by
Stillness of the lake
the crisp morning air
acrid smell of burning leaves
distant honk of geese
I'm starting over
just like every day does
sunrise, a bird song