Spring Rain

a linked-verse sequence

thinking

the barn is a tree  clever squirrel

A linked-verse sequence.

Train following the river; snowflakes following the train.

trees reassembling
after each breeze

for the dead—
felled maple

lifting without lifting within

There’s no denying the appeal of dead trees: they look more human.

someday even this birthday
balloon won’t exist

In a distant field, a white house glows like a sail in the late-March sun.

the sound of a bat
taking a drink

another spring house phoebe