hot hike

wearing my halo 
of poison

storm cellar

one last Mason jar
of white lightning

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

bend in the road

an indigo bunting
dries his wings

dancing flames

a ruby-throated hummingbird here and gone​

night barn

a field sparrow singing
in his sleep

Memorial Day

a red squirrel raging 
above the grave