05/15/2014

Ember in a black
sky, cooling coals below; the
towhee's fiery eye.

05/14/2014 #2

Death metal screams from
the petite windows of a
coffee-toned Fiat.

Fermented sunshine
bubbles through its brambled still;
first salmonberry

Pale cheek burning pink;
what delicate flame dared press
the chestnut's shocked lips?

A giant frog's feet
frozen mid-leap; the chestnut's
broad green spreading leaves

Humid breeze streaming
over sharp white stones; pink cave
of the panting dog

Purple down gloves the
gentle, reaching hand; even
nettles bear flowers.

White confetti flecked
with pink; cherries cast aside
their coat of petals.

A scrap of fallen
sky fluttering among the
young dandelions

Daffodils open
wide yellow eyes; new sunlight
floods the flower bed.

A flash of emerald
wings; climbing ferns flap back-lit
fronds in rising wind.

Early flowers pour
from the thin limbs like rusty
water over falls.

Waves, white with spring's fresh
breath, stampede wildly down the
thundering blue Sound;

Albino bison
shatter their thick bones along
the throbbing red cliffs.

Storm and dark deride
the day. The sun blows a kiss;
both boys run away.

Pussy willow's best
buds; gray owlets in first fuzz
share a barren branch.

Waxy bubbles burst
in red cascades; peony
explodes in blossom.

Patine bronzed by
winter's malice; copper bark
in want of polish

Two days free from snow
and ice, a plucky yellow
crocus springs to life.

Today's wind grips the
cedars like a two-year-old
petting her new cat.

Plot twists on a blank
page; interwoven tracks, cat
and raccoon, in snow