After storm catbird
in bush flicks her tail and cries
in Ten Directions

~ written August 2, 2009

Sunday Morning Thunderstorm

Waterfall of rain
Sudden summer thunderstorm 
drenched sparrow on ledge

~ written August 2, 2009

Fourth of July on the Farm

Fourth of July I
love most: comforting scared dogs
fireworks on the farm

~ written July 4, 2009 at Villa del Re, while reading Gary Snyder's "For the Boy Who Was Dodger Point Lookout Fifteen Years Ago" ("In this burning, muddy, lying, blood-drenched world that quiet meeting in the mountains cool and gentle as the muzzles of three elk, helps keep me sane.")

Winter's Last Bounty

Robins and waxwings
gather at crabapple tree
in the snow - feasting.

~written February 9, 2010

New Life from Old

Squirrels storing nuts for
winter. Leaves falling from trees.
Time to start new life.

~written October 29, 2009