Leafless

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

spring mountain

someday even this birthday
balloon won’t exist

Question mark

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

spring equinox

the sound of a bat
taking a drink

rebuilding the nest

another spring house phoebe​

frog pond

taking the sky 
for a ride

Lenten moon

the trees must store these shadows
somewhere deep

spring shower

just as the sun comes out 
a killdeer’s cry

bald eagle

from the ridgetop pines
a long sigh

Spring Mountain (renku)

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

winter’s end

a fox sparrow serenades
the bare dirt

winter’s end

tentacles of ice
beside the spring