who braided willow’s hair and left a shoe?  a question sways beneath October’s breath.  sky flickers blue where red and gold shine through...

  the river's mouth is wide open  gently pulsing tides under autumn's foliage of maple and oak trees along trail ways auburn & c...

the heat of the desert calms my body to sleep tired bones slump on red sands sun-shifted by blue sky moon rises silvery above snow-capped mo...

  empty my pockets are not , not when red leaves fall on fern-bogged trails, my hands gather feathers, pinecones,   blue-green river  tides,...

  my face, blank canvas  my body, sand and stone   until you unlock me: riddles, stories, rings, colors your beating heart is my green flag,...

is cooler, than last week's steady torching of the garden & parks on the kitchen table are summer's produce: juicy peaches, ripe...

  summer my balcony of zinnias- blooming pink, red and tangerine  an empty nest amidst the birdsongs, i scatter the sun flower seeds Summer ...

t all red maple leaves are inviting we walk inhaling the cool light moss, wood ferns, wildflowers edging  our pathway of pebbles & grass...

i am going bananas over my empty bag i take out my fishing rod & reel and cast the line over the lake  it is summer & sun has blued ...

i.  monday white is the color of regret, an un- painted bowl left on table ii. tuesday i am color- less sheet of blue static- -unsent messag...