flows down with spring breeze

dances on mottled white pine

flings chips in bug search

thin leg motionless

wings dented, breathing shallow

hanging on dogwood

worried glance from young

brown watery eyes - rescue?

step away to think

quietly return-

warbler gained the strength to fly

gentle will to thrive

  Read full post »

      dried sprigs askew - home

 tumbled, egg fumbled, dove flown

    mourning end of peace, 'lone Read full post »

        fibers of cotton

wisp into feathers backlit

      by golden sunset

    swirl into fierce form

  of eagle honing on prey

     diving west to east

&n… Read full post »

          tanager flits by

 curious souls' dad as guide

 black-winged friend for life Read full post »

              where mother tree died

      moss-covered trunk still supports 

                sun-dappled seekers

  Read full post »

  uprooted and watered

green tendrils spiral to sun

  ramshackle shed's hope  Read full post »

  between two shed boards

 peace bird delicately roosts

      on disheveled sprigs Read full post »

       rain-filled creek flowing

       cleansing and liberating

      stone bed smooth, at peace

  Read full post »

wends through wooden halls

messenger of bleak May day

  crocheted afghan: friend Read full post »

spring the upright plants

of spirit that will nourish 

  self, others, the world Read full post »

        answered with quiet

not returned with hatred, scorn

         absorbed; low duty  Read full post »

coaxed from behind pine

fence and in memoriam;

   emerge despite fear Read full post »

      so rampant, viral

  everyday maneuvering

        defy: be alone Read full post »

                 obsession is the

thick fruit felled from the gaunt tree

              of stark avoidance Read full post »

       scrape, crawl up staircase

 dank twisted cobwebbed gnarled

          find at top - nothing

  Read full post »

        to witness child

left by her "friends" at table

   casts light on the bleak

  Read full post »

         barely lavender

buds dapple fullness of old

     transplant; defy frost

  Read full post »

          not only barren,

rampant footfalls can trample

    blossoms of sound root Read full post »

                        unfamiliar

drops draw earth's deep musk skyward;

                   … Read full post »

              easier to run

than to stop, turn around, stand -

        gird for pain of heart Read full post »

          blue prehistorics

flapping slowly due north with 

     calm determined wings

  Read full post »

             toads gather on banks

of thick brown creek; dried rocks hover.

           trill drowns traffic's rage Read full post »

  swerves along creek's bend

thick body thin branch landing

         oh hover, dive, eat  Read full post »

        in the letting go

unexpected world unfurls

fullness free, not grasped Read full post »