last bus

last bus

the driver

whistling softly

dancing

dancing up a storm

a line of galoshes

against the wall

companion piece

Although written a long time ago, this can be read as a variation on the theme of "seclusion."

yard sale

comments in the margin

of an old book

seclusion

winter seclusion

writing a comment

in the margin

gray

winter bareness

a gray squirrel

crosses the park

between

between my winter hat

and my winter collar

winter wind

engine

winter night

a car engine

won't turn over

Epiphany

Epiphany

the neighborhood returns

to ordinary darkness

(Published in A New Resonance 5)

narcissus

narcissus

petals as white

as an empty page

roadside

roadside woods

patches of snow

patches of earth