smile lines an old farmer’s roadside pumpkins
saving daylight the translucent leaves of October
dawn chorus starlinging me out of night terrors
(haiga)
dawn chorus starlinging me out of night terrors (haiga)tinywords
asteroid belt a good enough reason for clutching one’s pearls
cold night
on the dunes
a book of constellations
on the dunes
a book of constellations
cold night on the dunes a book of constellationstinywords
high surf
before the hurricane . . .
plovers huddle in the dunes
before the hurricane . . .
plovers huddle in the dunes
high surf before the hurricane . . . plovers huddle in the dunestinywords
making do
wild ducks dabble
in a roadside puddle
wild ducks dabble
in a roadside puddle
making do wild ducks dabble in a roadside puddletinywords
village well the clink-clank of copper pots in chorus
wind-dried beach cobbles the grey seals singing each to each
half-open roses the soloist’s bouquet allegro non troppo
Back from vacation— our finicky roses blooming better than ever
night rain
the crickets too
have stopped to listen
the crickets too
have stopped to listen
night rain the crickets too have stopped to listentinywords
lily pad a dragonfly’s now syncs with mine
ripples upon ripples water striders in the rain
quiet pond the dash-dot message of waterlilies
night swamp all that jazz
night swamp all that jazztinywords
starlit pond… a paper boat floats for light years
a different cool than the Douglas firs redwood shade