Bated breath,
blackness…
sword scrape on stone
☯️
My bold stand! …
tide sucks the sand
from my sandals
☯️
New moon…
raindrop plops
in the koi pond
☯️
Pool run dry…
long-drowned cherub
grins again
☯️
Raindrop, down
frosted glass…
no weight
☯️
Jazz band
thrashes…pulse pounds
through my ribs
☯️
Steely dusk,
bus driver’s whistle…
engine clicks
☯️
Monk,
zazen…deafened by
the chuckling brook
☯️
Stalled bus,
old nurse asleep…
murmurs
☯️
Through my ceiling,
I’ve waited all year…
one chair squeak
☯️
A boathook
into that scudding cloud–
back, back!
☯️
Looking out
the door, over
the wolf
☯️
