1.




munching a cucumber,
      writing bad poems
      by morning moonlight.




2.




       a hot day--
wet spots from the old dog
         bless our feet.




3.




                    leaping & hopping
before the moon rise --
no shadow! (no shadow!)




4.




the fireworks start--
she takes a mobile call--
    i finish-- detached.




5.




    summer, sun -
turning to rice paper from the top -
      the fletched grass.





6.




evening on Hobart bluff:

  winds,
draw us together
        lost to the world




7.




abortion test:
  nobody eats
  the black jellybean




8.




              my skull skin tense
  on an oddly cool night;
            an earful moon.




9.




fibonacci snail
sun-cooked in the shell;
kitten snack--crrrrunchnums!




10.




picking a foxtail
from the corner of a dog's eye;
blink, coffee, summer.




11.




the cairn i left
                             is now
the bottom of the stream.




12.




build more guns,
grow fatter on butter:
my nation commits to wars!




13.




morning gag-
the fog of dog piss-
what an odor!




14.




  young straw spider,
between monitor and pens
  a web don't catch much.




15.




a late thunderstorm;
nightcrawlers vomit downpours
   onto cooling streets.




16.




no same river;
blue skimmer dragonflies,
reflecting their hearts.




17.




just a toe --
she arcs to test the creek --
a tree cathedral.




18.




plucking one blossom;
it won't hurt forever;
evicting another...




19.



late afternoon:
my neighbor's shed
creaks with wind.




20.




magenta bonnets;
     on the sweet peas;
sun meets morning!




21.





single notes:
my neighbor's porch bell
in the summer wind.




22.




confetti and cases
leaves triage samba
ribbons on the ground.




23.




blackberry bramble
extending a tendril
             across
    a pile of cuttings.




24.




your earrings' glow;
loose pregnant strawberries;
remind me, quarter moon.





25.




evening meadow:
  my best friend returning
  with a canful of grasshoppers.





26.





    out of bibles
we place our hands
on sun-warmed earth




27.




  a wedge of moon:
white dragon coming
         free of her shell.




28.




  hills growing less
shadowy in wildfire haze,
  distinct with lightning.




29.




              spontaneous joy;
first songbird exploding
   off the maple branch.





30.




knowing
the first was a hump day
i found today's date.




31.





reaching up, up
staining my fingers,

finding you
the best blackberries.





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