҉  my eyes/having observed everything/return to white chrysanthemums

҉  the last winter leaves/cling to black branches/explode into birds

҉  standing beneath the cherry blossoms/how could one be lost

҉  "this big!"/the child's arms/measured the peony

҉  this day of chrysanthemums/i shake & comb my wet hair/as petals shed rain

҉  the 1st soft snow/leaves of the awed jonquil/bow low

҉  like a heavy fragrance/snow-flakes settle/lilies on rocks

҉ 1st morning of autumn/the mirror i investigate/reflects my father’s face

҉  wild geese pass/leaving the emptiness of heaven/revealed

҉  falling snowflakes'/glitter/tinsels the sea

҉  spring/stirs the clouds/in the sky's teabowl

҉  pale mountain sky:/cherry petals play/as they tumble earthward

҉  winter waves/roil/their own shadows

҉  stillness/a single chestnut leaf glides/on brilliant water

҉  may i be w/my mother/wearing her summer kimono/by the morning window

҉  spring snow/cascades over fences/in white waves

҉  i write, erase, rewrite/erase again&then/a poppy blooms

҉  the snow of yesterday/that fell like cherry blossoms/is water once again

҉  the windmills of/oklahoma look/in every direction

҉  the bottom of my shoes/are clean/from walking in the rain

҉  after the shower/among the drenched roses/the bird thrashes in the bath

҉  early morning gentle rain/2 big bumblebees/humming at their work

҉  the rain has filled / the birdbath / Again, almost

҉  nightfall / boy smashing dandelions / with a stick

҉  frozen / in the birdbath / A leaf

҉  all day long wearing a hat / that wasn't on my head

҉  crossing the football field/coming home from work/the lonely businessman

҉  wash hung out/by moonlight/friday night in may

҉  snowing.../the dentist/polishes my teeth

҉  not seeing/the room is white/until that red apple

҉  the low yellow/moon above the/quiet lamplit house

҉  in the fire-depths / saw the way / A peony crumbles

҉  just enough rain/to bring the smell of silk/from umbrellas

҉  steady fall of rain/and the scent of lilacs/so strong/it becomes a taste

҉  each/grassleaf/distinct before/the storm

҉  spring rain/in this new mud/the worm's pink skin

҉  wind/circling/into/leaves

҉  in the meadow/the cow's lips/wet with grass

҉  snowflakes-/dust on the toes/of my boots

҉  thistle/brilliant/morning/rain finished

҉  at dusk hot water from the hose

҉  the sound of a light bulb/when it's off

҉  walking through the forest/i rearrange/the trees

҉  the shadow in the/folded napkin

҉  hot day/the mime leans into a wind/that isn't there

҉  after the bell/within the silence/within myself

҉  muttering thunder/the bottom of the river/scattered with clams

҉  an empty elevator/opens/closes

҉  distant thunder/the dog's toenails click/against the linoleum

҉  fog clings/to the high mountain

҉  little red roses/popping out of the ground/a car blowing up

҉  my friend's blond hair or/a dark pink cactus flower?

҉  wet sand/tumbling back/into the sea

҉  discarded blossoms/litter the path

jul 11 2020 ∞
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