Poem Category: All

Water lilies
a duck under their skirts
feeling for snails.

Farm drought
in the wrinkles tattooed
on both their faces.

Zen breathing
the last train home
in the lightness of sleep.

Long walk home …
the rattling of the storm
agog in gutters.

Pawn shop
trays mostly
engagement rings.

Dusk quickens
magpies quietening
into shadows.

Inside the ice sculptures
something
like shadows move.

Evening walk …
away from the house
away from the silence.

Cellar wines
in cool walls
a cricket’s constant chirp.

Whale watch
one wave rising
out of the blue.