simplicity

elder saint

Marvelous sparkle
of deep waters in the Sun
eyes sparkling back.

Migration

One and two and three
and four and five ducks round the
corner. Mom is last.

Frances

Drip, drizzle, downpour
beligerant, relentless
the deluge drowns all

or

September dark sky
the American monsoon
flooding land and lives

uno.

thank you. no matter
who you are, you'll never know
i owe you so much

due.

barnes and noble nights
golson's law and poetry
learning to pronounce

fights for window seats
editing eternally
learning to renounce

tre.

tonight I can't see
the man in the silver alps
maybe he's skiing

yes, that's it. skiing
in the dust on the dark side
solemn moon slalom

so for now perhaps
i will take my contacts out
catch my thirty winks