
ripples radiate
from unseen sources
on the calm lake.

ripples radiate
from unseen sources
on the calm lake.

a tree’s last blossom
seems to wait til no one
is looking to drop.
what a thing it must be
to see a holdout yield.

a daytime half moon,
feeble compared to at night,
yet I stop to look.

an egret peers
into the lake, past
surface reflections?

budding limbs:
vibrant growth unseen from
the city beyond.

swamphens strut
at water’s edge, and
i’m a farmboy again.

late afternoon sun
catches yellow bloom clusters:
the day’s last hurrah.

lakeside leaves are
turning and dropping, but
no floaters remain.