completely silent
the white chicken lays an egg —
my niece’s birthday
Lafayette, Colorado
7 June, 2022 № 3
after bedtime corn
the three hens wipe off their beaks —
now the wind picks up
Lafayette, Colorado
7 June, 2022 № 2
every day at dawn
a bird outside my window:
chirp chirp chirp chirp chirp
Lafayette, Colorado
7 June, 2022
in the midnight sky
one of these stars scintillates—
red-white-red-white-red
one of these stars scintillates—
red-white-red-white-red
Lafayette, Colorado
6 June, 2022 № 4
clusters of mushrooms
on the neighbor’s lush, green lawn —
water restrictions
Lafayette, Colorado
6 June, 2022 № 3
I can see from here
that it’s raining in Denver —
three-foot high green wheat
Burlington Trail, Lafayette, Colorado
6 June, 2022 № 2 (senryū)
three short poems at once —
I remember the first two
& forget the third
Lafayette, Colorado
6 June, 2022 (senryū)
I need a notepad —
I try to write three short poems
in my head at once
Lafayette, Colorado
5 June 2022 № 5
late snow turned ours brown
but not the ones at the park—
fragrant lilac blooms
Simpson Mine Park, Lafayette, Colorado
5 June 2022 № 4
its remaining end touches
the nearby landfill
Burlington Trail, Lafayette, Colorado
5 June 2022 № 3
the dog & I walk—
near twelve purple irises
an alert rabbit
East Simpson Street, Lafayette, Colorado
4 June, 2022 № 3
I fill the birdbath,
set down a water pitcher —
the hens’ inspection
Lafayette, Colorado
4 June, 2022 № 2
two hot air balloons
& then four, & then one more —
now we can see six
Burlington Trail, Lafayette, Colorado
4 June, 2022
all of a sudden
the black dog stops & looks up—
two hot air balloons
Burlington Trail, Lafayette, Colorado
2 June, 2022 № 2
just before sunset
a neighbor revs the engine —
a neighbor revs the engine —
the hens don’t like it
Lafayette, Colorado
2 June, 2022
“you are so pretty” —
the brown chicken tilts her head
and closes her eyes
Lafayette, Colorado
1 June, 2022 № 2
the first night of June —
after two grey, rainy days
I can see the stars
Lafayette, Colorado
1 June, 2022
the first night of June —
after two grey, rainy days
I can see my breath
Lafayette, Colorado
31 May, 2022 № 2
June first tomorrow —
one yellow iris survived
the late May snowstorm
Lafayette, Colorado
31 May, 2022
a bird starts to chirp —
when I look up at the clock
it’s 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
what’s that in its mouth?
a squirrel with a mousetrap
climbs into a tree
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
11 March, 2021
a foggy morning
before this weekend’s snowstorm —
the day of your birth
For Wallace
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 —
puppy’s first night home
For Odin C M
Lafayette, Colorado
22 April, 2012
these footprints will be
at the bottom of the lake
this summer
at the bottom of the lake
this summer
Waneka Lake Park, Lafayette, Colorado
14 March, 2012
There’s 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 don’t see much activity.
The water level is low. I see several mated pairs of mallards on the water.
the shining green of the mallard’s head in the sunshine
just days before spring
one fall leaf still on the tree —
a couple of crows
Greenlee Wildlife Preserve, Lafayette, Colorado
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