spring wetland
the maple ripples
with the sky

spring afternoon
the sound of gears and sails
from the windmill

published 13 June 2001
in tinywords

the night air fills the loon's call

moonless night
the smell of the pond
in the bull frog’s cry

may 6, 2005 tinywords

strangers in the mist
fence posts

spring marsh
twilight spreads on the road

whispering twins
willow fluff passes over the crib

Sketchbook
September 30, 2008, Vol. 3, No. 9

spring drizzle
a circle grows larger
above the koi

yelping calf elk

wolves open the belly

spring drizzle
a name appears on the gravestone

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spring shower
the sidewalk darkens
drop by drop

marsh lightning
the tree's blossoms open
into egrets

First published in the Heron's Nest
Volume VIII, Number 4: December 2006.

Beetle Dream

beetle dream
the taste of a leaf between its veins

cold spring night
the moon lit veins of window frost

morning frost
sunllight on the pear blossom

bedroom dream
the beetle's sound from a sticky trap

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Campfire Dream


morning sun
tree buds break open

April sunlight
the grass bristles with ladybugs

spring chill
the sun sets in the pond

waking couple
the raven jumps back to the mist

temple bell
a cow chews its cud

river sunlight
the smell of tugboats
and blossoms

published in tinywords 12 April 2007

new sidewalk
the squirrel's footprints
fill with rain

marsh wren's cry
the sun ripples onto the mud

tinywords June 14, 2006

trembling bloom
a bumble bee crawls from the nectar