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​

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

Jupiter and Mars

almost touching 
the whippoorwill

millipede

fear spiralling 
in my hand