VIII

lunch in San Rafael
talking with martial artists
at the seminar

VII

pinpricks of sweat on
the palm... each time nails are cut
they grow thicker

VI

thud of a chopper
flying overhead felt in
the beating heart

V

may I walk always
with the sun in my eyes cast
downward feeling warmth

IV

outside the front door
alone at night, nibbling at
a picnic basket

III

On a windy night

premonition of Fall

the red moon

II

rivalry or not
gather the songbirds, sharing
the seeds on the deck

I

a blackened tree, in
the fire withering, and
in the smoke can fly

2016, July 18

the soup of thoughts
whirling through and across the
canyon a dog barks


buzzard dragging skunk
across the road the wall of
scent a heavy wake

2016, July 14

Thousands of childrens'
drawings never delivered
to dads in prison

2016, July 13

pleased to see the
potatoes planted last winter
growing this summer


watering the
sunflowers while munching on
the tomato patch

2016, July 8

yellow labrador

in the busy street without

your aging master

2016, July 7

hunting demons
the warrior's laugh
is most fearsome

2016, July 6

this morning planted
a tree and stayed with it through
the day, growing roots

2016, July 5

grass bends in waves and
people walk through the park, not
feeling lost at sea

2016, July 4

Independence Day
people gathered in the streets
watching fireworks

2016, July 3

the bay tree
carried into the night
clearing wind

2016, July 2

sweat on fore-arms
pulling weeds on the hillside
with no other thought

2016, July 1st

dance of chains, each breath

freely struggle, and asleep

without light, seeing

2016, June 30

growling stomach, and
with the festival so near
in summer twilight