River in Winter

Silent, still river, duck
dotted, reflecting tired trees
in pallid sunlight.

Lavender

Lavender color
lavender scent comes from earth -
brown, dry, scent deprived

Lavender 2

Lavender shared by
big bees, bumbling lazily
drunk with rich pollen.

Autumn in the Forest

Drear, dank, the forest
floor descends damply, deeply
to winter's rich rest.

Strength

You think I have strength!
If it helps you to think that
then right! I have strength.

Do you know her?

A mild miasma
of misery damply mists  the
mirror of her soul.

Missing the Magic

Walking in dewy
grass with shoes on, careful. Not
freshly summer bathed.

Dead Cedar

The cedar is dead.
A whole, huge tree. I didn't
notice. Did I care?

No more honeysuckle

Demon brambles have
smothered honeysuckle; the
last of three vines, gone.

Gratitude

Some feel hedgerow
beauty silently. Crowds pick
fruit, spit, "Ugh! Too sour."

In the Woods

In the woods I walk
wordless; the dimensions of
beauty overwhelm.

Thoughts

My mind, worn narrow
with the same thoughts, repels all
different ideas.

My thoughts imprison
me in a rat maze of same.
worn out old ideas.

Move over! New thought
coming in! Fighting for space,
bulging my tiny mind.

Flight

I looked up at a
plane and saw eagles soaring
effortless, silent.

Full Moon

Tide running strong, wind
driven, current forced, choppy,
racing oceanwards.

Skunk Cabbage

Amid dark, dead leaves
one sharp skunk cabbage spear leads
spring's army of growth.

The Garden

First daffodil shoots
are winter's best gift. No wrap,
no bows, just green growth.

On My Shoulder

Tiny cat purring;
a sonorous cathedral
organ in my ear.

Beavers

"Chuck another log
on the dam, would you dear? The
lake's getting too low."