








If I can spark the occasional smile of amusement or trigger a line of thought once in a while, that’s enough. In the long run, it’s all dust. (That latter commentary was more on the thought-provoking than the amusing side of the equation.)

cold Spring day:
feels too chilly
to be so green.

Sometimes the syllables matter:
It meant to say, “Stow cars away
Someplace that is not here.”
But just one unfortunate break
Is all it takes to make it say:
“Middling Monarchs are Banned.”

one-legged crow squats
to explode into flight;
false alarm!

butterfly lands
on flower, pumps wings twice,
and sputters off.

a single branch,
leafless but bloom-laden,
against the Autumn moon.






