spring equinox

the sound of a bat
taking a drink

spring shower

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

old silk threads  new caterpillars  of snow

the pond’s island
of ice

a dog in the valley
adds its voice

Strolling down the Allegheny Front on an old rail bed. A haibun.

ice falling from the trees  over here

a stump-water pool
glassy with ice

Visiting Dad’s grave yesterday, I had a strong sense of his absence amid the fundamental indifference of nature.

porcupine napping
on the latrine

in a cold cloud
trees and all