a bird plucked you from the ground
then found you undesirable and dropped you down
some million turtle miles from the brook
to which you were returned completely unshook
Flight Of The Baby Snapping Turtle
Meleagris
gathering
at autumn’s edge
to strategize the season
First Light
morning hunt
the field awakens
and so the give and take
Written
time and weather
write the story
of survival on the structure
Foreshadow
A certain crispness has crept into the air
and something heavy now weighs on Tom’s mind
a distant worry that has been hunting him.