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watch repair
all the clocks still set
to standard time | sballas |
summer rain
on the clothes line
down feathers | sballas |
old railway tunnel?
still hearing the sound
of birdsong | sballas |
hotel entrance
we re-examine
the stars | sballas |
monkey puzzle
trapped in the heart
of the garden maze | sballas |
a tiny branch . . .
the hummingbird keeps time
to summer rain | sballas |
pale sun flickers
across the buddha's face
pulse of crickets | sballas |
the cry of a nightbird
how slowly a rose opens
in darkness | sballas |
trays of canap's
at the picnic?
crows | sballas |
long summer night?
pale through the fire
the rising sun | sballas |
lamb's ear
the softness
of summer rain | sballas |
work day's end
the chimney smoke curls
between raindrops | sballas |
first day alone
coyote tracks
in the sand | sballas |
last breath of fish
in the seagull's beak
broken sand dollars | sballas |
frogs out-do
the church choir?
evensong | sballas |
lazy afternoon
the slow circles
of a redtail hawk | sballas |
family dinner
so many forms
of silence | sballas |
lightning flash
the dog's silhouette
also trembles | sballas |
remembering
the costa rican sun
clink of ice cubes | sballas |
at the burial
grief pauses
for the mockingbird | sballas |
table tennis
father and daughter
both win | sballas |
live fish in the restaurant
we choose
tofu | sballas |
purple magnolias
lingering
twilight | sballas |
class reunion
everyone else's
ring fingers | sballas |
"this morning
autumn"
in the husks | of sunflowers |
frost sliding
on glass?
tri-focals | sballas |
arms flung wide
the laundry
surrenders to the wind | sballas |
sunset
the heron steps out
of his shadow | sballas |
the countdown
somebody else's
new year's kiss | sballas |
waking
to the hum of the furnace
winter dawn | sballas |
haloed lights
in a snow-covered parking lot
hometown visit | sballas |
an albatross dips
below the waves
gale force swell | sballas |
knife wind
my white breath
stolen | sballas |
beside the graveyard
train parked
on the tracks | sballas |
spring melt
a sheet of snow
punched with crocuses | sballas |
mid-summer storm . . .
a herd of dairy cows
huddle together | sballas |
cherry smoke
on the mantel nail
her white dress | sballas |
day drizzle
scrubbing the rainbow
inside the pot | sballas |
first warm day
the melancholy face
of the tv dials | sballas |
ripening sky
another slow turn
of the cider press | sballas |
ki
3... 2... 1... 2012!
ss | sballas |
moving day . . .
inside this matchbox
a cicada shell | sballas |
autumn sunset
in the brown field
a red tractor | sballas |
morning haze
the voice from the dash
relocating | sballas |
friday's dusk
he brings home
dark chocolate | sballas |
thunder
the stray dog
bolts | sballas |
this winter night
slowly unfolding
first star | sballas |
deep autumn
the half-naked birch
fully yellow | sballas |
overcast day
the lamp posts
filled with snow | sballas |
condolences
i choose the card
without words | sballas |
yet another bug
buzzes the zapper
whiskey moon | sballas |
morning fog
the distance
between boat and shore | sballas |
drizzly field
the rattle of a tractor
wades in the fog | sballas |
cutting
the last rose stem . . .
woodsmoke | sballas |
purple lightning
irises
in bloom | sballas |
the fat cat
sits halfway home
squash blossoms | sballas |
pine slabs
dovetailing together
carpenter's hands | sballas |
switchback . . .
alpine aster
all in bloom | sballas |
cold snap
the sharp bite
of a radish | sballas |
sparsh-swars
from the sitar . . .
jasmine breeze | sballas |
flea market . . .
a monkey's paw
under glass | sballas |
stormlight
the magnolia
bursts into flower | sballas |
alone at dusk
waiting for the company
of fireflies | sballas |
spring rain
the lips and throat
of the iris | sballas |
lingering
in my sleeping bag
campfire smoke | sballas |
autumn weeds . . .
the orb spinner's
warp and weft | sballas |
unfolding
a field map of summer . . .
butterfly | sballas |
pushing her lips together
to form the sound?
frogs | sballas |
afternoon stillness?
my neighbor's chimes
announce the breeze | sballas |
night rain
the fainter sound
of the ocean | sballas |
hazy sunset
the weight
of a ripe peach | sballas |
first crush . . .
apple branches
nearly touching | sballas |
butterfly house
we're all
six again | sballas |
open atlas
the continental drift
of clouds | sballas |
lightning-split oak?
what would i be
in another time? | sballas |
left-over snow
in the juniper's shadow
an old suet cage | sballas |
white sky
a cloud of blackbirds
erupts from an oak | sballas |
milky way . . .
the way the cow path
rings a hill | sballas |
the arch
of her foot . . .
feather shedding moon | sballas |
record heat?
a song thrush beats
against the tomato cage | sballas |
short-cut home
weaving my shadow
through storm-toppled trees | sballas |
humming fridge?
the quiet thoughts
of a robot | sballas |
easter morning
a rapture of hawks squalls
beyond the scud | sballas |
monsoon
grackle stepping
through raindrops | sballas |
apologies?
cutting the bruise
from the apple | sballas |
icy wind
a shiver
in the blackbird's song | sballas |
halloween
witches on brooms
come up the escalator | sballas |
woodland
the silence
of history | sballas |
weeping willow
her golden hair
once blew that way | sballas |
autumn winds
campaign signs
shifting positions | sballas |
his oil paintings
so unlike mine?
passion fruit | sballas |
swaths of grass
curl across the yard . . .
first snowman | sballas |
sleet
the wind-chime's
unfamiliar tune | sballas |
50 years slip away
lacing up
old skates | sballas |
medieval city
a construction crane
touches the sky | sballas |
new home
another child's handprints
in the driveway | sballas |
branch by branch
a squirrel climbs
the oak's shadow | sballas |
outdoor artist
the color of the dog
beside him | sballas |
morning frost
lifting white socks higher
the neighbour's cat | sballas |
summer dusk
the sound of high heels
from the backyard | sballas |
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