Water Gap

Train following the river; snowflakes following the train.

mountaintop pool

trees reassembling
after each breeze

for the dead—
felled maple

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

taking the sky  for a ride

just as the sun comes out  a killdeer’s cry

spring mountain snowdrifts rotting in the sun old coyote scat mouse bones in mouse fur petrichor the dry skin of … More

with the wind’s attention  to detail

a mourning cloak’s  black velvet