hot hike

wearing my halo 
of poison

lost dog (linked verses)

lost dog 
enchanter’s nightshade burs 
in its ears

hot tub

laid bare in the woods a junkie’s pale face​

sunset gold

under umbrellas a buzzing phone​

ghost pipes

sweating through the longest day of the year​

first heat wave

a black bear’s clawprints 
in the mud

Jumpseed leaf (linked verse sequence)

vireo holding forth
on a verse from vireo

Memorial Day

a red squirrel raging 
above the grave

millipede

fear spiralling 
in my hand

In black cherry time

This is what happens as soon as I stop walking, my daily habit: I become habitat.

rain crow

when did the back of my hand 
turn strange?

green again

this dream of endless mountains