the bat stirs
lifts head to the setting sun
hits snooze
the bat stirs
lifts head to the setting sun
hits snooze
a diving Grebe
disassembles
the moon
house lights dim
voices settle
the tuba sounds his tone
for Joe
Look
12 Robins
Working the mud of the creek
There too
One bathing
20 degrees what a freak
Winning
So much winning
You’re going to get tired of winning
Backing
So much backing
You’re going to get tired of backing
Lying
So much lying
You’re going to get tired of lying
old posts and old wire holding wild grape vines holding old posts and old wire --Robert Spiess--
After weeks of watching the roof leak I fixed it tonight by moving a single board ---- Gary Snyder ----
Breath drops leaf
photo op gone
The stillness, the radio’s news,
the scent of rain. My neighbor
bending to pick up his newspaper
in its orange plastic bag, tossed
on the step. The cars all
heading this way or that,
a fine spray beneath their wheels. Vapor
rising from sidewalks, and the light
of the eastern sun, slanting long, as if
there’s all the time in the world.
(Krista Lukas)
98 degrees and running at a butterfly’s pace