happy go lucky
 a sprig of lavender
 in his pocket

clipping coupons
 I put off
 the call back home

compassion - the circle widens one smile at a time

morning star
 a far off
 fishing boat

flood plains

the sunken oak
stirs a memory

pines by the sea

speaking in our
softest voices

ironic...
dusting off the
vacuum cleaner

the mountain plays
hide and seek-
winding road

feeling bad
but watering the roses
makes me feel better

a shaking shadow
in the stall next door-
all done

too hot...
all the pepper plants
wilted

old haunts-
the creased
rookie card

achoo

bless you!

rag weed and
her many disciples

hard rain-
ducks on the grass,
not in the pond

Rose Garden

first bloom
-how long I've waited
for your smile

all day spent
pulling weeds-
ring around the tub

the dead...
alive and well
in our stories

gone now
the torso left
upright

in the culvert
two bubbles
become one

a rainy walk
thinking of you

crotchety-
what happened to your tail
little squirrel?