gurgling downspout
serenades my sleepless night
I long for crickets
gurgling downspout
serenades my sleepless night
I long for crickets
Sunday school teacher
white-haired and diminutive
lessons lost on youth.

First fire, then calm hues.
Look to the sunrise this day.
Hope dawns for us all.

thunderbolt black sky
lightning flash flood waters rise
tears fall from on high

play all the octaves
highs and lows create the score
melodies of life
tear gas, shattered glass;
bloodshed, no shred of honor.
Winter in my soul.

I sit to center.
First realization: I
cannot discern plumb.

sights – set high – blown off
cours(ing) through air – a virus
strain(s) humanity

autumn dusk falls fast
last the viewer now the viewed
time to draw the shades

smoke-laced crisp fall fog
like aftertastes of apple
when the half-worm shows