31 May, 2022 № 2

June first tomorrow 
one yellow iris survived
the late May snowstorm

Lafayette, Colorado

31 May, 2022

a bird starts to chir
when I look up at the clock
its 5:00 AM sharp

Lafayette, Colorado

30 May, 2022

big, white clouds lined up
across the plains to the east 
Memorial Day

Lafayette, Colorado

29 May, 2022 № 2

the white chicken squawks 
the black dog runs out to see
how he can help her

Lafayette, Colorado

29 May, 2022

what is that ruckus?
the hen squawks at the robin
perched atop the fence

Lafayette, Colorado

28 May, 2022

whats that in its mouth?
a squirrel with a mousetrap
climbs into a tree

Lafayette, Colorado


27 May 2022

the hen eats her corn
& that of her two sisters
therapy today

Lafayette, Colorado

26 May, 2022

today at the vet’s
the black dog was sedated 
a slow walk tonight

Lafayette, Colorado

25 May, 2022

there had been yelling 
the three chickens check to see
if I am all right

Lafayette, Colorado

24 May, 2022

a blue jay swoops down
for a peanut on the fence 
today’s school shooting

Lafayette, Colorado

23 May, 2022

bedtime for the hens 
two wait for shredded apples
one has gone to bed

Lafayette, Colorado

22 May, 2022

at sunset 
white hen squats
black dog sniffs

Lafayette, Colorado

21 May, 2022

the chickens eat
what's been left for the rabbit

Lafayette, Colorado

20 May, 2022

as snow falls 
I carry one hen
& two follow behind

Lafayette, Colorado

19 May, 2022

late May 
86 degrees today
& snow tomorrow

Lafayette, Colorado

18 May, 2022 № 2

a moth finds the lilacs

illuminated by the streetlight


Lafayette, Colorado

18 May, 2022

a bird calls
& a dog barks —
three hens look around

Lafayette, Colorado

11 March, 2021

a foggy morning
before this weekends snowstorm 
the day of your birth

For Wallace

Lafayette, Colorado

8 June, 2018

born a week early the coyotes howl

For Winnifred

Lafayette, Colorado

1 November, 2015

All Saints’ Day supper 
Dad sends us a text message
with news of your birth

For Davis

Lafayette, Colorado

27 September, 2015

the total eclipse

of the moon at perigee —

puppys first night home

For Odin C M


Lafayette, Colorado


14 August, 2013

a new nephew the half-moon waxes

For Archer

Lafayette, Colorado

25 April, 2012

a cricket,
             once

Lafayette, Colorado

24 April, 2012

refrigerator light moth

Lafayette, Colorado

23 April, 2012

the cricket stops

Lafayette, Colorado

22 April, 2012

these footprints will be
at the bottom of the lake
this summer

Waneka Lake Park, Lafayette, Colorado

21 April, 2012

100 dandelions gone to seed

Lafayette, Colorado

20 April, 2012

gutter rivulet carries blossom petals

Lafayette, Colorado

19 April, 2012



moonless
train whistle

Lafayette, Colorado

18 April, 2012

wooden wind chimes
        silence

Lafayette, Colorado

17 April, 2012

frogs? toads?
stars

Lafayette, Colorado

16 April, 2012

silver dollar dandelion

Boulder, Colorado

15 April, 2012

coolmoist

Lafayette, Colorado

14 April, 2012

wet pine boughs beneath the streetlight

Lafayette, Colorado

13 April, 2012

St. Francis in the garden
beneath the streetlight

Lafayette, Colorado

12 April, 2012

cloudnight

Lafayette, Colorado

11 April, 2012

lightning
1...      2...
thunder!

Lafayette, Colorado

10 April, 2012

no moon
jazz

Lafayette, Colorado

9 April, 2012

pink tulip
beneath the streetlight

Lafayette, Colorado

8 April, 2012

Easter Sunday
a haggard coyote sniffs around the parking lot

Lafayette, Colorado

7 April, 2012

through the church window
Easter moon

Lafayette, Colorado


6 April, 2012

Good Friday winds

Lafayette, Colorado

5 April, 2012

the wind stirs the fallen blossom petals

Lafayette, Colorado

4 April, 2012

dandelion crow

Lakewood, Colorado

3 April, 2012

sunlight sparkles on the South Platte
                                                     snowflakes


Denver, Colorado

2 April, 2012

Aprilary

Lafayette, Colorado

1 April, 2012

sunset ant
on my elbow

Lafayette, Colorado

31 March, 2012

in the moonlight
white apple blossoms

Lafayette, Colorado

30 March, 2012

the first green leaves
               the songs of nightbirds

Lafayette, Colorado

29 March, 2012

early spring
the evergreen

Lafayette, Colorado

28 March, 2012

a tree with pink blossoms on one side
and white on the other

Erie, Colorado

27 March, 2012

gnatcloud

Lafayette, Colorado

26 March, 2012

waxing crescent winds

Lafayette, Colorado

25 March, 2012

spring sun haze

Gunbarrel, Colorado

24 March, 2012

sheep sheep
sheep sheep sheep

llama

Boulder County, Colorado

23 March, 2012

brown sugar
ants

Lafayette, Colorado

22 March, 2012

six tiny anthills

Lafayette, Colorado

21 March, 2012

dark
stars

Lafayette, Colorado

20 March, 2012

lonely stars

Lafayette, Colorado

19 March, 2012

the last day of winter
one dandelion

Lafayette, Colorado

18 March, 2012

½ clouds
½ stars

Lafayette, Colorado

17 March, 2012

at winter's end
a dog barks

Lafayette, Colorado

16 March, 2012

cool moonless

Lafayette, Colorado

15 March, 2012

the raccoons scream
no moon

Lafayette, Colorado

14 March, 2012

Theres a slight breeze on this sunny spring day.

I was here a year ago, this week.

The city had conducted a controlled burn of the cattails. It was a black, charred mess, and there was a lingering smoky smell.

They haven’t done a burn this year.

Today, many of the golden stalks are matted down from being dried and broken, weighed down with snow for the past few months.

I hear a lot of birds in the trees; I dont see much activity.

The water level is low. I see several mated pairs of mallards on the water.

            the shining green of the mallards head in the sunshine

            just days before spring
            one fall leaf still on the tree 
            a couple of crows

Greenlee Wildlife Preserve, Lafayette, Colorado

13 March, 2012

Mars-hole

Lafayette, Colorado

12 March, 2012

softstars

Lafayette, Colorado

11 March, 2012

honeybees return to the hive
bags full

Lafayette, Colorado

10 March, 2012

quiet moon

Lafayette, Colorado

9 March, 2012

at winter's end
two hawks circle

Lafayette, Colorado

8 March, 2012

midnight geese

Lafayette, Colorado

7 March, 2012

Full Worm Moon
an owl hoots

Lafayette, Colorado

6 March, 2012

goosemoon

Lafayette, Colorado

5 March, 2012

moonchimes

Lafayette, Colorado

4 March, 2012 № 2

moonmars

Lafayette, Colorado

4 March, 2012

jazzkite

Lafayette, Colorado

3 March, 2012

moonwind

Lafayette, Colorado

2 March, 2012

stars above
the fog

Lafayette, Colorado

1 March, 2012

moonowls

Lafayette, Colorado

29 February, 2012

moonlake

Waneka Lake Park, Lafayette, Colorado

28 February, 2012

moonhole

Lafayette, Colorado

27 February, 2012

a Northern Flicker at work on a tree

Lafayette, Colorado

26 February, 2012

Mars, Jupiter, Venus
& Earth

Lafayette, Colorado

25 February, 2012

the wind howls as the crescent moon sets

Lafayette, Colorado

24 February, 2012

[the red flash of a Northern Flicker]

Lafayette, Colorado

23 February, 2012

coldstars

Lafayette, Colorado

22 February, 2012

Ash Winds Day

Lafayette, Colorado

21 February, 2012

high wind chime warning

Lafayette, Colorado

20 February, 2012

bright white
sun snow
          — the wind

Waneka Lake Park, Lafayette, Colorado

19 February, 2012

two rabbits, frozen

suddenly—
bolt!

Lafayette, Colorado

18 February, 2012

snow on the couch
on the front lawn

Lafayette, Colorado

17 February, 2012

sunlight sparkles
on rivulets of melted snow

Lafayette, Colorado

16 February, 2012

so cold
— but the stars!

Lafayette, Colorado

15 February, 2012

one,
two

hoo,
hoo

Lafayette, Colorado

14 February, 2012

the cold
the stars

Lafayette, Colorado

13 February, 2012

the days are getting longer
Jupiter & Venus

Lafayette, Colorado

12 February, 2012

winter
the squirrel's nest

Lafayette, Colorado

11 February, 2012


the yellow moon

Lafayette, Colorado

10 February, 2012

“the blue hour” —
Jupiter and Venus

Lafayette, Colorado

9 February, 2012

the blue snow sparkles in the moonlight

Lafayette, Colorado