first heat wave

a black bear’s clawprints 
in the mud

Sacrificial

Why is it this year that the familiar warbler songs sound like dripping blood or fabric being torn?

spring creek

the waterthrush dancing 
by its side

early gnats

in my ears a trout’s splash​

Roundtop

a linked-verse sequence

Spring Rain

a linked-verse sequence

March wind

A linked-verse sequence.

mountaintop pool

trees reassembling
after each breeze

spring equinox

the sound of a bat
taking a drink

frog pond

taking the sky 
for a ride

winter’s end

tentacles of ice
beside the spring

coming storm

a stump-water pool
glassy with ice