




twisted root piles
stretch across the walkway,
reaching like amoeba.

deep in winter,
the blue water makes it
Caribbean summer.



What makes you feel nostalgic?
In order of frequency: 1.) music; 2.) some random memory; 3.) a pattern of colors.

the sunny side
of the mountain falls into
a cloud’s shadow.



the last few leaves
tenaciously hang on
into mid-winter.



If you started a sports team, what would the colors and mascot be?
Black & White; the skunk (but one with character, though more bellicose and less French than Pepé Le Pew. Like Yosemite Sam possessing a skunk.)