holiday lights

cold coffee my payback for having neglected you

winter sunshine I embrace the empty spaces between leaves

ocean scene the screensaver disappears

holiday lights a one-sided conversation with santa

mismatched clothing this is what I wear this is who I am

art museum the embroidered girl stitched with love

my wild roots not going back to the manicured lawn

hermit crab if you don't want that shell I'll take it

cornfield rows not every ear can hear you

fade

football goddess the lopsided smile of nike on every jersey

gunshots a neighbor thankful for bullets and the 2nd amendment

thanksgiving day birdsong my morning coffee with friends

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

standing water the orange flare of bald cypress

cemetery entrance both cannons pointed at us

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

2021 trick or treaters the smell of chocolate and hand sanitizer

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