Category: Issue 20.2

late summer
sunflowers…

the closed-up
amusement…

fireflies on the outskirts…

lemonade stand
the play …

dandelion field
September…

a sad song
on repeat
September…

COVID summer
swinging from…

faint stars
the sidewalk…

thin summer bargaining …

covid summer
recycling…

breezy sunshine
on baseball’s…

stealing home
the dragonfly…

dugout
chatter
house sparrows…

the barn owl
shaking his …

harvest moon
laughter bubbles…

autumn in the air
a flit-dip…

old kite
that never flew …

yellow flecks
the evening…

hard frost
a blue tarp saddles…

not yet ready
to head back…

pandemic
the welcome mat…

face mask
the eyes reveal…

trick-or-treating
the …

All Hallow’s Eve…

gradually
i resemble the…

plague year
another wave…

wind in the wind chimes
early…

lost
in the corn maze
autumn…

updating
my employment …

morning mist
we step
into…

a soldier’s return…

the ones saved
 for the confessional

…

fireworks…
phantasms…

thunder
I slide a kigo
into…

I am
                        the city

twice born

                        imprisoned

…

new inmate
on the inside …

in the dark
the sound
gun’s…

lockdown -
        a tin can
 rolling

…

supermarket queue
within…

autumn a little more paprika…

Essential

We’ve …

lifting the tips
of a spruce…

a rustling
from within
deep…

crowded café
a fly goes in…

spider
in a web
trapping …

midnight
a dog barks
the …

humpback moon
into the krill’s…

higher tides
crabs scuttling…

storm surge–
the …

blistering heat a little…

melting glaciers the river…

all the plans
we thought …

art installation
learning…

art installation
learning…

library room-
i read her…

first raindrop
words then…

lab report …
in my …

paper cut
the medical bill’s…

on the walking path
I disappear…

sheltering
the white flutter…

folding prayers. . .
a thousand…

thin edge of entropy winter…

chimes
the wind
in place…

vineyard
tasting
the sunset…

lifting a glass
to my dear…

New Year —
I regret…

moving again
Buddha in a …

new sheets
on a new bed
a new…

half moon …
a love…

silver heron
a splash of …

kingfisher
a rattle as the…

morning heat
the neighbor…

early summer
a small town…

rural isolation
the secret…

summer heat
more fruit flies…

summer quiet
the tallest…

a hole
through the magnolias…

porch lights
a trombone …

sand castle
already the …

a buoy bobs
in the wake zone…

rehashing
an old argument…

winter night
we wrap ourselves…

snow angel
the wings still…

blizzard conditions
signs…

cutting roses
back to bone…

the neighbor boy
saws his…

treehouse . . .
I pretend…

emptying
the bird bath
sumo…

spring sunrise
the length…

last light
my body echoes…