he makes a pitch
she walks
spring practice
Month: May 2023
the smell of spring motorcycle sounds
traffic jam
watching the clouds
pass me by
canal lift bridge
loose kite snagging
on the counterweights
the mathematics
of wings in flight—
butterfly
from aster
to zinnia
the hummingbird
8
pulling weeds
from between the bricks—
this hold on life
wild rose–
the child
they never expected
away from mum
a toddler shakes stones
from her shoe
the long shadow
of a flower vendor
Mother’s Day
the last song I sing her
the lullaby
she taught me
outgoing tide . . .
the tug of little hands
pulls us to the sea
breaking waves
we talk with our children
about our ashes
fulfilled
in my small life
bonsai
who am i
a falling leaf
gives the answer
daily jog
an abundance
of may
(Originally published in Frogpond 44.3, 2021)
day moon
thoughts of you
when we were us
fading contrail
what life makes
of pipe dreams
milky way
we argue the distance
between stars
(Originally published in Hedgerow #125)
Venus appears,
a sharp curl of light
planed off
the gone sun
still seeking
a hill to die on
my father at ninety-two
stamp album
a page from a country
that no longer is
the icy bridge
over our childhood river —
at opposite ends
we look past each other
in this journey to our dreams