wake-up call the squirrel on the roof again

coffee maker sputtering the steam of this day quickly disappearing

snowy owl sighting so many people and none of us talking

football goddess the lopsided smile of nike on every jersey

thanksgiving day birdsong my morning coffee with friends

flu season wrapped in a frayed beach towel I drink my hot chocolate

The Loon's Visit

red morning a fisherman watching the bald eagle's flight

in an old cemetery where the hickories once stood puffball mushrooms

a woolly worm's stripes recording a *normal winter*

day of the dead breakfast the server hands us crayons

lake companion for an hour the loon's visit

late for my appointment the silhouette of a sandhill crane

a drooping flower along with biden's poll numbers

astronomy class I'm not a star pupil

The Photos of Hockey Players

gray weather the woolly bear surrounded by leaves

storm damage my view of the barn door askew 

autumn drive the beer cans outnumber the trash cans

streetscape the yellow glow of hickories

procrastination's calendar maybe tomorrow

an endangered species the moderate republicans

morning cut the magnetic snack clip clinging to the knife

physical therapy my chair under the photos of hockey players

glass paperweight I hold onto your fingerprints

autumn hike the trees dwarfed by el capitan

dad's army uniform 40 years later it still fits

military hospital 10 geese flying in formation

end of the road the chicory blues waving me home

9/11 chrysanthemums a shared day of remembrance and mourning

moth after moth

political landscape who's in charge of the changing narrative

bank pen someone's broken the chain

heat index easier to gauge than your temper

ida what soul can withstand such hammering*

woodpecker this is not a practice drill

silent sentinel a long time since there's been smoke from the chimney

moth after moth their wings make the light flicker

pandemic's success no matter which corner we turn

Hurricane Ida Devastation

august calendar I mark off the days that separate us

running out of july heat the crayfish chimney

sweetgum tree the sidewalk where I fell last autumn

mud splattered hair a german woman cleaning up the debris of climate change

Historic Flooding in Europe

july's calendar

backyard architecture the dirt castles of ant hills

delta variant maybe it's time to mask up again

toads the only patio furniture I have

somewhere between broke and broken the gate and my bank account

mysterious bird illness the vast emptiness of skies without wings

out of nowhere the plastic bag's flight faster than I can chase it

summer invasives nothing's eating those berries

heat and humidity part of july's calendar

Universal Truths

sun-damaged youth every mole is suspicious

political arena my daily news dose of depression

baptist church faith grows in the wildflower garden

portland, moscow, lytton we can't go north to cool off

daisy circles clocking summer's passage

mental illness the lengths between hurdles and silences

rivers rising to the cymbals of thunder and the drums of rain

universal truths I don't believe in heaven or hell

morning dj some wild blackberry tunes from the brown thrasher

pizzly hybrids even bears know global warming is real

Pizzly Bears

science center games I don't need my readers for the giant uno cards