Category: Issue 23.1

sunshaft
        a stab
            of joy

 …

soft light rings
the mouth…

someone’s jacket…

first-born flowers*

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recycling
the recycling—…

juniper wind
the creek below…

snowdrops
i tell him the …

paperweight
the unbroken…

spring melt
snow moving …

mountain stream
over slippery…

small brook . . .
a wren’s…

an inland gull
shakes out…

leaving home —
the mountains…

I teach my children
what …

old churchyard
the locals…

second wedding
church bells…

the song remains the same…

guitar solo
on the car radio—…

Irish pub
rolling hillsides…

small talk
between songs…

sleepless night…
parsing…

hint of woodsmoke
the collie…

gone from the forest
the …

hot air—
talk of climate …

between derricks
the reservation…

knee deep in memory mountain…

he makes a pitch
she walks…

the smell of spring motorcycle…

traffic jam
watching the…

canal lift bridge
loose …

the mathematics
of wings…

from aster
to zinnia
the …

pulling weeds
from between…

wild rose–
the child…

away from mum
a toddler shakes…

the long shadow
of a flower…

the last song I sing her
the…

outgoing tide . . .
the tug…

breaking waves
we talk with…

fulfilled
in my small life…

who am i

   a falling leaf

gives…

daily jog
an abundance
of…

day moon
thoughts of you…

fading contrail
what life…

milky way
we argue the distance…

Venus appears,
a sharp curl…

still seeking
a hill to die…

stamp album
a page from a …

the icy bridge
over our childhood…

beneath the bridge
goldfish…

winter storm—
icing drizzled…

winter sky
another friend…

three-day blizzard
my thoughts…

snow on snow
all the things…

winter morning
a support…

weak winter sun
how fragile…

a little closer
to my old …

finding another way    …

click of the wind silvered…

father’s old coat…

single father
my daughter…

graduation day
the upward…

the choices we make distant…

another day
with nothing…

mill pond
a mallard ripples…

between duckweed
open water…

backwater cove ……

tidepool minnows the splosh…

clouds shift
beneath a child’s…

daylilies the news can wait…

as if I had a choice
the warm…

cranberry bog
my inhibitions…

lingering heat
a peach grows…

a pinch of lavender almost…

cactus flower
with the best…

border crossing—
roses …

new in town
garden club program…

slipping
under a chain-link…

Chinatown
the prices of …

family vacation
the tangled…

rock art dreams of a shaman…

beach reading the driftwood’s…

sequoia seeds
how we save…

she goes in for a fork
comes…

chrysanthemums
my name …

echocardiogram
the underwater…

homeward bound
whispering…

cicada dusk
this death poem…

mosquito
his little theater…

mid-August night
a few fireflies…

lazy beach day
a blue crab’s…

loose tea leaves
overflow…

aquarium nightshift
from…

the long sigh
of an ebbing…

standing in the waves
the…

first cool September morning

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one large wave
a dash
for …