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orange nasturtiums
the stir of life
in my womb | sballas |
gooseflesh
in the cold grass
crickets | sballas |
her death bed
the clackety-clack-clack
of my homebound train | sballas |
he tells me the word
i?m looking for
total eclipse | sballas |
late autumn
a doll that lost
its sawdust | sballas |
guttering candle . . .
a whole life lived without
the northern lights | sballas |
falling leaves
the knot that makes
two lines one | sballas |
wetting fingers
to pick up crumbs
insomnia | sballas |
a carpet of leaves . . .
i try to remember
her first smile | sballas |
christmas eve??
candles flicker through
our wine glasses | sballas |
summer's end
the familiar scent
of the old salt cedar | sballas |
a hummingbird
follows the falling leaf
my friend's untimely death | sballas |
paper lanterns
a white eggplant glows
beneath withered leaves | sballas |
simmering rice grains
in the pot??
patter of rain | sballas |
the cricket
stuck in a minor key??
milky way | sballas |
morning glory
still some openings
i haven?t seen | sballas |
9/11 moment of silence
the clicks
of a thousand cameras | sballas |
the only cafe
surrounded by trucks
harvest moon | sballas |
salt marsh
the runnels deepen
through cordgrass | sballas |
from one skyscraper
to the next
emerging moon | sballas |
cicadas buzz
as we walk from the church:
white dresses | sballas |
lightning strike
the majestic poplar's
creamy heartwood | sballas |
ashes of roses??
what once was our secret
now just mine | sballas |
mountain top??
the photograph of the view
before the view | sballas |
the big empty??
half grass
half sky | sballas |
trail dust
all those years mother hiked
behind us | sballas |
heat lightning
a skunk's scent
wets the night air | sballas |
late summer:
waking to the vacant o
of the wren's house | sballas |
faded roses
some of the words
i can?t take back | sballas |
summer twilight??
the red ball runs
the final wicket | sballas |
pedal boat
i overtake
a duck | sballas |
rainbow
his sketch stippled
with droplets | sballas |
3:30 a.m.
a single layer
of birdsong | sballas |
tempers flare
the x-mark on the back
of a stinkbug | sballas |
venus and jupiter
the barechested fire-eater
taunts his crowd | sballas |
an arc of ibis
above the harbor
blue sky day | sballas |
summer dusk
a little milk
left in his glass | sballas |
squad car
at the neighbors? again
distant thunder | sballas |
every word
breaking something
hailstones | sballas |
dirt road??
a buddha sticker
on the stop sign | sballas |
in the tide mark
a child's blue jacket
gull's cry | sballas |
low tide
waiting for grandchildren
to happen | sballas |
azalea bonsai??
the flower girl clutches
her first bouquet | sballas |
honeysuckle
the hummingbird
presses in deeper | sballas |
early summer
boys throw father's lures
into moonlight | sballas |
sea anemone
the baby's firm grip
on my finger | sballas |
first birthday
she reaches
for the flame | sballas |
summer rain . . .
the red earth
reddens | sballas |
sheet lightning
a grey cat flickers
through the grass | sballas |
three-day beard
a large rock
divides the river | sballas |
fog blurring the hills??
to pass the time
we reminisce | sballas |
high autumn sky
i return a greeting
from the dog | sballas |
dusting over
dad's bowl of wheat pennies
late autumn light | sballas |
we talk . . .
most of the rose petals
on the table | sballas |
the barnacled flukes
of migrating whales . . .
mountains lost in haze | sballas |
far below
migrating geese
follow the river | sballas |
parting year . . .
someone has died in the house
with the shoveled walk | sballas |
all that sound
from a single sparrow??
winter morning | sballas |
morning rain
secondhand smoke
in an apology | sballas |
morning fog
on the coastal route
wild mustard | sballas |
dragonfly pair
female so clear
through his wings | sballas |
dusk
with nowhere to turn
sunflower | sballas |
midnight bus
the door swings open
to moonlight | sballas |
single track
coal cars
beat out a tune | sballas |
shrinking shade
a praying mantis rocks
in the warm breeze | sballas |
smell of sedge . . .
coots settling
in the reeds | sballas |
late moon halo
fish scales reflecting
on my father's blade | sballas |
the hound's tail matches
the turn signal's beat
almost home | sballas |
whistling to myself??
the changing rhythms
of marsh grass | sballas |
ancient fir scar??
a banana slug pulls one eye
inward | sballas |
blackberry stains
on the white sidewalk
his urgent kiss | sballas |
late summer talk??
the oil lamp smoke
going in circles | sballas |
sunset . . .
the fishing boats closer
to each other | sballas |
cracked boulder
an acorn
settles in | sballas |
shelling almonds
bits and pieces of
childhood | sballas |
on the hammock . . .
floating back to its branch
a butterfly | sballas |
end of summer
the sting of a thorn
through my garden glove | sballas |
essays to grade
a car stirs dust
on the gravel road | sballas |
cattail seed
floating???the places
i would go | sballas |
melting bitumen
the beetle and i
reduced to a crawl | sballas |
smell of grass
a drop of sweat sizzles
on the mower | sballas |
the smile
in his voice
starshine | sballas |
listening to the sound
from the deep well . . .
stone on stone | sballas |
poplar seeds . . .
all my dreams
coming true | sballas |
long afternoon . . .
here and there
a butterfly's shadow | sballas |
deodorant scent
"tonight
love | " |
thistledown
drifting toward its shadow
my friend's last day | sballas |
roots down deep . . .
mud paddies bake
in the midday sun | sballas |
summer dusk??
watering the garden
then my feet | sballas |
mountain retreat??
a layer of dust
on all the canned goods | sballas |
green-black sheen
of a rooster's tail feathers
my neighbor's new car | sballas |
closing light
the whistles of siskins
in the fringes of the wood | sballas |
dead end street
bougainvillea overflows
the chain link fence | sballas |
broken screen??
the house finch
looks in | sballas |
at the entrance
to the whistle-pig's burrow
mountain bluebells | sballas |
when you think
you?ve heard it all??
brown thrasher | sballas |
we both squeeze
through the kissing gate . . .
thunderclap | sballas |
desert wind
a wire fence stretches
to nowhere | sballas |
dry spell
the dust of sparrows
blown by the wind | sballas |
an empty shot glass
on the windowsill
evening snow | sballas |
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