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moon sliver
the sound of dew
dropping from leaves | sballas |
morning rain
blue flames flicker
under the teapot | sballas |
coffee-cup shadow
mother and son
in deep conversation | sballas |
winter sky?
looking in
my empty wallet again | sballas |
steady rain
three vultures huddle
on a hayroll | sballas |
a cold jar
of young eels
the moon in their eyes | sballas |
wisps of fog
her red sweater
comes and goes | sballas |
huge cedar
snow resifted
through hemlocks | sballas |
day moon?
water runs slowly
over a floe | sballas |
winter rain
the flow of ants
in the pantry | sballas |
wind swirls
in the nursing home courtyard
a few dry leaves | sballas |
deep winter
the old dog's shadow
lagging behind | sballas |
light from the snow;
my wife shows me a small bloom
on the hyacinth | sballas |
false spring
cougar tracks
in moist sand | sballas |
sunlit porch?
a butterfly alights
on mail from overseas | sballas |
spring melancholy
a field of rape flowers
gone to seed | sballas |
sweet peas
tremble on the trellis
the bride's i will? | sballas |
melon blossoms
a yellow-powdered bee
wipes its face | sballas |
cloudless sky
a pheasant flies from
the combine's teeth | sballas |
the garden butterfly?
my daughter not close enough
then too close | sballas |
afternoon hush?
the cat takes another step
towards a robin | sballas |
thunderclap
the cadence of the rain
changes | sballas |
slash burning?
the scarlet tanager
hits a high note | sballas |
family picnic
the youngest child pockets
a watermelon seed | sballas |
sunlit meadow
my small knight chases
dragonflies | sballas |
the drive-in movie screen
covered with graffiti?
shimmering heat | sballas |
summer noon?
the hearse's blackness
dazzles | sballas |
outdoor caf??
a song sparrow
cleaning tables | sballas |
honeysuckle . . .
the mailman takes a sniff
as he closes the box | sballas |
city park
a child brings me
a dandelion | sballas |
graveside service
a stray dog pisses
on the casket | sballas |
humid afternoon
the billboard painter
brushing on a smile | sballas |
late summer?
baring the tan line
on my wrist | sballas |
bonsai gift unwrapped
she removes
the twist of wire | sballas |
crowd of umbrellas
a child opens his
face to the rain | sballas |
summer moon?
the changing rhythms
of a basketball | sballas |
faded overalls
the garden weeds
touch the scarecrow | sballas |
summer evening?
a boat returns to harbor
with pink sails | sballas |
opened door
the darkness lengthens
into a kitten | sballas |
from the balcony above
a hand outstretched
. . . rain | sballas |
sunrise . . .
a mountain's shadow
touches the city | sballas |
fluttering leaves
the play of sunlight
on my eyelids | sballas |
channel marker
fledgling ospreys
stretch their wings | sballas |
handmade paper?
ink bleeding into
a late summer moon | sballas |
reading by lamplight;
sounds of a summer night
press against the screen | sballas |
summer heat
a cat drinks the water
in the birdbath | sballas |
concert in the park?
sudden raindrops
change the tempo | sballas |
marmot hole
snow in the shade
of a lodgepole pine | sballas |
first spring day
the bareness
of legs | sballas |
mating season
a marsh hawk commits himself
to the somersault | sballas |
bear market?
still the cherries
blossom | sballas |
city dawn?
window washers
rise on their scaffold | sballas |
morning chores?
the chatter of sparrows
through the dryer vent | sballas |
sea rock
in an old man's shape?
another spring | sballas |
pulling a weed?
the ladybug hangs on
for the ride | sballas |
morning migraine
the coo of a dove
outside my window | sballas |
morning sunshine
a wren weaves in and out
of the trellis | sballas |
starry sky
the honks of wild geese
rise from the quarry | sballas |
cold moon slides
up the long window
shadow of her hand | sballas |
bare winter prairie...
a little smoke rises
from an empty field | sballas |
autumn wind
a tiny spider husk
spins in the moonlight | sballas |
a cottonwood stump
brought in by the tide?
sparrow song | sballas |
solitary walk
dragging the stars
through pines | sballas |
first frost?
a daddy-long-legs
skims over bright leaves | sballas |
prairie arroyo
half-grown bison bulls
corral the trucks | sballas |
december beach
not a sign to be seen
of christmas | sballas |
churchyard manger
knots in the plywood backs
of the wise men | sballas |
midsummer's eve
the pond's last light
stirred by dipping swallows | sballas |
dog days
the sun-struck arc
of the angler's cast | sballas |
beach run
the salty taste
of myself | sballas |
white birches
fog drifts past
the stone cairn | sballas |
autumn rain
the long outside staircase
to my room | sballas |
august moon
the coolness of
new sheets | sballas |
sparkling shoal
water strider shadows
cross the bottom | sballas |
morning fog
a worm trail ends
in a spiral | sballas |
steady autumn wind;
balloons at the same slant
in a used-car lot | sballas |
a deep bruise
i don't remember getting
autumn evening | sballas |
spring thunder?
from the center of a pine stump
a pine | sballas |
winter solstice
the road narrows
into one-way | sballas |
summer's end?
beachstore buckets on dusty shelves
anyoldhow | sballas |
mid-argument?
a bumblebee
stumbles in clover | sballas |
a spider weaves
among the rosehips?
no one at home | sballas |
schoolyard quiet?
the scribble of ants
in a stone shadow | sballas |
summer highway
puddles of light merge
with the sky | sballas |
the striped racer
slithering to full length
canyon wildflowers | sballas |
passing clouds?
an ant swings
on a grass blade | sballas |
my daughter's graduation?
a gull separates
from the rest of the flock | sballas |
the baby nods
cottonwood seeds
drift along the road | sballas |
a migrant worker
in the 'native plants' median
midday heat | sballas |
goldenrod
bending
heatwaves | sballas |
dog days . . .
another block of hay
pops out of the baler | sballas |
grit in the stomach
of the steamed clam?
summer heat | sballas |
smoldering coals
the rattle of blue crabs
in a metal bucket | sballas |
amber shallows
a perch nibbles
the sky to pieces | sballas |
the slow blink
of radio tower lights
?autumn chill | sballas |
noon sun
the cow chews her cud
clockwise | sballas |
midday sun
my shadow
to the ocean floor | sballas |
passing thunderclouds?
a waterstrider's rush
to stay in place | sballas |
evening stillness
the small bubbles
as the trout rise | sballas |
autumn river?
pulled together on the deck
two white chairs | sballas |
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