the harvest moon shines
solitary traveler
stops to rest awhile
Twisted are my thoughts
Like branches from the forest
Yet budding with hope
saffroned winter sun
caught amid the leafless trees
sky of frosting clouds
earth bows to the sun
prelude to a masterpiece
spring fills its palette
geese fly overhead
at the cabin dusk settles
a silent river
Window candles glow
Lighthouse beams guide sailing ships
Moon plays with the stars
black skeleton trees
winter bones against the snow
frantic geese fly south
midnight serenade
velvet sky donned in diamonds
waltzing silouettes
caught yourself stumbling
I saw your shadow dance, love
with wild angel wings
bumbling on flowers
extracting precious nectar
bees feeding freely
From a wire fence
a rabbit slips underneath,
the garden thief rides.
Leaves swept into piles
Toddlers jump in to toss them
Happily scattered
above the waters,
over deciduous trees,
covenant rainbow
the last leaves of fall
selflessly fall giving way
to winter brethren
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