state forest

haiku: state forest / a maze of snail trails / on the road sign

fallen hornets’ nest

I take a break from organizing my files

an Asian stinkbug

blunders across a pair of painted tulips

leafprint in concrete

I wouldn’t have hesitated to step on the real thing

cast-iron porch chairs

the paint may be chipping but what fine shadows

plastic trail marker

the click beetle’s antennae sweep back and forth

traveling together

the Norfolk-Southern logo and a graffiti tag

a phoebe catches flies

above the old Black Hawk hayrake on the barn bank

fleshy leaves

ideal for the indoor desert face the snow

corrugated pipe

wheel half-submerged

in dry meadow grasses the old hayrake