First rose

first rose of summer
is nature's experiment,
not quite perfection.

Starlings

Aerodynamics
Skewed, starlings fight for height
Bearing nesting material.

Apple blossom

Wild apple blossom
Delicately quinate
against cottonwood

The River

The endless river
takes land, gives land, takes life, gives
life, impersonal.

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Irresistible
force, river builds silt island
now immovable.

Minnows

Darting threads, shadows
flashing through shallow water
shoals of tiny fish.

The others

Mountain stream cloudy
Mississippi clear, shallow-
deep. Their minds lose me.

Spring nesting

My skies are empty,
gone the soaring birds, hidden
in tree tops, hatching.

Invasive Plants

Dandelion, broom,
sharp-shining gold, pointing to
their own destruction.

A Weed

Solitary bloom
bird seeded in rough gravel
delicately tough.

Rabbits (2)

White-tail baby run
hide, wuffle-nosed, in tall grass
while taloned hawk soars.


Dandelion, borne
stogie-like in rabbits mouth.
Precious food for young.