Welcome back to another …
Category: Issue 18.2
a glimpse of deeper seas …
bougainvillea blossoms…
evening cool
the beachcomber’s…
the big questions
remain…
kudzu
those things
we neglect…
mosquitoes
their own version…
old songs
I gently scoop …
early autumn
the deepening…
sweet melon
a wasp and I
have…
Indian summer
the cat and…
shallow pond
a muskrat swims…
first raindrop
on the lake…
I saunter
deep in the labyrinth…
straight talk
we come to …
over red hills
the colored…
her hand
on my wrist
moth …
hospice
the head-tilt
of…
bus stop languages
good-bye…
first steps
a toddler trips…
fall leaves cover the base…
October dusk
the quiver…
crimson rosellas –…
evening clouds
in no hurry…
among the raindrops
sharp…
the shell
of a farmer’s…
rolling hills . . .
autumn…
bone density …
the…
downsizing
sunflowers …
no more politics
dead-heading…
morning fishing
we circle…
silence
the white space…
amid the stones of the soldiers'…
civil war cemetery
the flower…
a minaret
sharpened by moonlight…
fish tank
the four corners…
as I plan my day
an ant travels…
more questions than answers…
beachcombing the detritus…
late autumn boiling the …
black friday
two crows tear…
bills due–
in my dream…
all-night laundromat
my…
long nights
of absinthe …
daymoon
a bullfrog’s…
pizza night
teaching the…
puberty
we take turns touching…
wedding vows
a watermark…
feathers caught
in the chain…
The Alchemy of Grief
Some…
forest fire smoke
dominates…
news of a poet’s passing…
late autumn
mother’s…
orchids
on her tombstone…
water and stone
how we shape…
day break —
my dog …
cat collar
the little bell…
morning cool
the street …
the ants
all fall in line…
winter night
crickets
on…
night without sleep
a boat…
bare-root plum
the faith…
filling the field’s…
separating
night and day…
fireworks –
bare …
New Year’s dawn……
new year’s day regifting…
a grid of white squares
on…
editing a line the cigarette…
paging through
another …
all the trappings
of a privileged…
winter storm
the winding…
scrolling through old friends’…
the ins and outs
of a social…
so real
these plastic flowers-…
winter’s end
an old…
the line
to his IV drip
morning…
once a school…
tulips…
eraser dust
the touch and…
winter moon
dad’s…
soft rain
on mountain wildflowers…
monsoons begin with each…
summer day
the fisherman…
midsummer lull
the ants…
sultry night
slack spun …
late summer
what the cicadas…
change of trains
a busker…
moon shadow where the singer…
daffodil shoots
parts of…
full moon
we leave our clothes…
snowed in
deep white drifts…
Valentine’s Day…
every love story
ending …