grace remained
even after
your youth departed
Beauty Of The Spent Bloom
Contemplation On The Branch
in dappled shade
beneath the whisp-ing clouds
hawkish thoughts
Head Turner
columbine
in profile
no bad side
Skedaddle
back to the deep woods
as the sun rises
bug hunter hunted
To Make Friends
life presents us two companions
joy and sorrow
our task is to hold their hands simultaneously
Commencement
some say white
is not a color
but a beginning
Ruffled And Still
old cattails clearly wind ruffled
but the red-wing’s every feather
remains perfectly in place
An Artist At Work
each underwater stroke
ripples the surface
new abstractions of reflections
The Overseer
watching
the weather at work
changing the season
Daffodil In Profile
a floral vanity
the consciousness
of one’s best side
Self Conscious
left
is my best
side
Subzero Heat
siren’s call
across the frozen landscape
red hot red
Taking It In
sunning yourself
on the fencepost
spirit in light
Willing
great heron
in the green
waiting to be seen
Morning Sojourn
solitary amble
in the domain
of the ferns
Counterparts
basking in
May’s golden light
juxtaposed by shadow
Concentration
like the eye
of a hurricane
stillness at the center
Faith
be still
in the darkness
for the light will find you
Still
leaves newly gone
night unpacks her bags
no gloom in the glooming
Kit
self possessed
the surety of instinct
edges out all doubt
Purple Iris Solo
in the stillness
every line and curved
danced
Downy in the Garden
a pause
from the pecking
resting on the rail
Rise
alone
with everything
between the clouds
Black in Blue
a crow waits
with the rest of us
for the dawning of green
Profiles
noble
winter profiles
outlined in white
Profile
brown eyed susans
strike a pose