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reading her poems
the stillness of hummingbirds
in flight | sballas |
wind-borne seed . . .
i have
no doubt | sballas |
a beach dune
drops a little sand . . .
the autumn stars | sballas |
a voiceless cicada
quivers on the reed by
the heron's nest | sballas |
flowering briefly
you
and the spider lily | sballas |
the poet
sings a new song
sound of rain | sballas |
birdsong
a clothesline
dripping light | sballas |
"shore for the poet
"
"shore for the poet's work | " |
round and beautiful
the moon breathing with cut grain
slowly moves westward | sballas |
autumn
the great blue
gone from the marsh | sballas |
familiar hymns
prayers worn deep
in the wood | sballas |
autumn moon
turtle crawls
in the sand | sballas |
september mist??
someone
i've lost | sballas |
summer clouds . . .
the steps to the lighthouse
are painted blue | sballas |
sweet magnolia
spanish moss leans
with the breeze | sballas |
more darkness
more stars . . .
autumn begins | sballas |
new coolness
the old dog stays
closer to home | sballas |
half moon
your half interest
in the tryst | sballas |
seventh-inning stretch
a foam finger pointing
at the autumn moon | sballas |
falling leaves
my friend and i
discuss clutter | sballas |
gray morning
the concrete business
of pigeons | sballas |
rocking chairs
chained to the porch
leaves in the wind | sballas |
moon viewing??
one of the garden lanterns
lights up | sballas |
autumn wind
the leaves too
made of oak | sballas |
all hallow's eve
moss-draped hemlocks
fade into night | sballas |
the spiral
in a red hothouse rose??
year's end | sballas |
longest day
dipping cornbread
in buttermilk | sballas |
heat wave
a fly moves slowly
away from my swat | sballas |
brush fire??
the sun goes down
in flames | sballas |
withering heat
on the shed's tin roof
green black walnuts | sballas |
last blackberries
again she playfully
tells me to shush | sballas |
summer rain
waking to find the tent the size
of a mosquito | sballas |
random beach stone
imagining
my biography | sballas |
field of sunflowers??
at the edge a boy
in a yellow hat | sballas |
summer's end
the wisteria
doubles back | sballas |
moonrise??
black swans make way
for the rower | sballas |
opening day
for sidewalk dining??
a waitress pulls weeds | sballas |
gray tree frogs
calling from the ditch??
wrong side of the tracks | sballas |
up the mountain
the dog brings
his own ball | sballas |
starry evening
i can still
make you laugh | sballas |
river narrows
the pitched call
of an osprey | sballas |
uptown caf? . . .
she picks the flowers
out of her salad | sballas |
red campion
the pathway unwinding
so easily | sballas |
mountain top??
in the valley deep below
death bells | sballas |
empty farmhouse
a vine wrapped around
the weathervane | sballas |
damp spring evening;
body smells
of the home-coming dog | sballas |
unmarked graves
the wind holds
a hint of sea | sballas |
half sun
a ewe rests her chin
on her dozing lamb | sballas |
wild seeds
the garden
arranges itself | sballas |
blossoms
some of her words
i know by heart | sballas |
lake mist
the shaman speaks
of water spirits | sballas |
brittle cold
the day moon
half gone | sballas |
farm for sale
the grandchild picks
a bouquet of weeds | sballas |
april playground
only the teacher
wears a coat | sballas |
swollen river
a jacaranda bud
in the child's palm | sballas |
third-day moon
my side of the pizza
with anchovies | sballas |
first frost
radish seeds rinsed
for the sprout jar | sballas |
what she said
driving home
the sound of blinkers | sballas |
sudden cries
through the pines
plough of geese | sballas |
memories
the soot
on the roof tiles | sballas |
freezing rain . . .
the one who took
the placebo | sballas |
thanksgiving drive
after the bustle
"quiet fields | deep shadows" |
crow caws
in all directions . . .
the endless traffic | sballas |
january
the wind ruffles
walking crows | sballas |
night crossing??
salt spray rises
up through the anchor hole | sballas |
taking his leave
in a winter dream
my oldest friend | sballas |
fall morning
men move lumber
from pile to pile | sballas |
moonless night
the wet trash bags
reflect the stars | sballas |
shallow stream
the leaf that bumped my ankle
drifts on | sballas |
late afternoon
liquidamber leaves
in the hamper | sballas |
sunlit moon
the whiskey shines
between sips | sballas |
autumn equinox
salamanders cross the road
from both sides | sballas |
cicada husk
on the campus sidewalk??
sound of the fountain | sballas |
a marsh harrier
slow over reed plumes
indian summer | sballas |
the blues song
in another chord
autumn deepens | sballas |
wild thoughts??
the late geese
and their bugling | sballas |
deep in the cedars
walking to the jingle
of our bear bells | sballas |
rib shadows
on a loping coyote
a field of cut hay | sballas |
releasing
the day's only catch
summer slips away | sballas |
autumn afternoon
in the cemetery
every bench taken | sballas |
river washed stones
remembering a woman
who knew how to love | sballas |
dry grass
the rattle of ice
in the tea pitcher | sballas |
summer's end
a crawdad's firm grip
on hotdog bait | sballas |
shallow river
the boat
at dragonfly speed | sballas |
garden bench
my warmth left
for the autumn rain | sballas |
deep night
clocking the moon
by the pine | sballas |
pink sunrise
the black seeds
of a watermelon | sballas |
evening cool
two barefoot boys
fish the stream | sballas |
heat wave??
children's voices
after dark | sballas |
thunderclap
the warmth
of her breast | sballas |
gone to seed
a wish not mine
breezes by | sballas |
salad days
the heat of hormones
and beach sand | sballas |
young boys
wrestling in the yard
wild rhubarb | sballas |
boys' dorm
the glow of a firefly
in a bottle | sballas |
robbing the bees
she speaks of
lip balm | sballas |
city park
sun getting low
in the bottle | sballas |
sunday afternoon??
end of a dog's leash
whipping through the grass | sballas |
the long heron a-a-wk
toward a tree . . .
middle of my daydream | sballas |
tail-flicking cattle
mired mid river . . .
the heat | sballas |
loons scattering . . .
a floatplane touches down
into summer | sballas |
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