a junebug zoom and a cricket song       summer moonshine

restless thoughts       tiny beetles on my doorway

     an exchange of souls

i search impenetrable clouds

in the night gale

the hanging bells

the old, open gate

our shadows reappearing in the night       closest moon

spring breeze
children taking turns
on the new bicycle

dried flower
how short
that spring

            from a
forgotten
        corner

                            spray of roses

the first year

waking up

a new family

in my childhood home

raspberries fall on
              milky skin
baby giggles
        pop like balloons

broken pot
mother's old cactus
     still blooming

rocking into twilight

milk pools

in the crook of my arm

dark

cool air

her open purse

sudden ice
    the museum of a warm autumn
still-green leaves under glass

january candles

baby's first year here
mother's first year gone

    red leaves

     red birds

       flying

       falling

the gentle wind

first birthday balloons

Issa's angels

cardinal!
   her quick, short steps left tracks

       in the last patch of snow

our shadows thrown under her wailing face

                                the closest moon

the realty sign appeared
   just after
     the apple blooms

a bad winter

dreaming your blizzards
into cherry blossoms


-for the people of Japan

first the birdseed
then the birds
then the cats

snow patched shadows
the clear sky such
a gaudy blue today

long freeze

the neighbors file by
with their groceries
in the snow

birds in the feeder tree!
their gay little coats!

the shapes of the street
still and soft
under drifts

bustling branches
flying seeds and flakes!

haikuish or shortish, 5

bob dylan haircut
          and kerouac blues...
the wine, gone
     the pen, unused

haikuish or shortish, 4

can't!
single!
thought!
written!
stuffed!
cats!
boxes!
bitten!