a few ku

5-27-07

bad news
fresh newspaper
good salmon

golden rooster
cockledoodle doo
golden dawn

white face
three black spots
a loud moo

hard rain
heavy mud
happy pig

mint leaves
amidst short grass
lamb dinner

soft sunlight
soft buttercups
soft gold

broken rail
broken arm
beer puddle

ice cold pilsner
tall glass
short porch rail

a muddy puddle
a loud splash
wet confetti

leather oat-bag hangs
from rotting barn door
no horse

white pressed shirt
Khaki slacks
no shoes. yes.

Mount Graylock
3000 feet
morning picnic

a deer drinking
a puddle
on granite

blueberries
red hands
purple tongue.

leather sandals
pink flowered smock
no house for miles

a white house
pink flowered smock
leather sandals

tattered shoe dries
under hot radiator
hiss by hiss

spring rain
at night, cloud break
crying moon

blue skies
and jays squawk
while an oak leaf falls

a dozen horses
sunshine and grass
a long fence

pond smoothed rocks
thrown
into the stars

in a pink dress
on a swing
in moonlight

a long pink dress
a porch swing
silver moonbeams

Aldebaran,
rising red
sunset

maple fingers
on hardwood floor
a long shadow

green tea
closed eyes
steam... steam.

a loon's
black silhouette
against golden sun

black iridescent feathers
sunset
a loon dives.

a crystal pool
wet feet
blue eyes

grandfather's watch
this sunset
both gold

"Beloved" etched
on rose granite slab
for now.

grandmother
body still buried
cookies still warm