splashing like children
even the old woodpecker
man-made rain
outdoors
Promises
chickadees twitter
at the empty feeder
broken promises
Hearing
nursing her fawn
the doe’s ears detect
the rustling of mice
English sparrows
English sparrows
freeloading push-and-scrappers
I feed them all winter
Hiking the Trail
we study the map
a jet roars overhead
making its own trail
Forest News
on the forest trail
we become big news
opinions a-twitter
Pointing the way
hiking trail
vees of wild geese overhead
point the other way
Snow Angels
snow angel girls
brush feathers from their faces
with snow-caked mitts
Cricket’s View
in the cricket’s view
my foot
the coming storm
Drifting
silent deer glide
among the willows at the marsh
layers of fog drifting
