end

end of March

I can't make up

my mind

solitary

solitary walk

the last sparrow

to fly away

autumn light

autumn light

we take our time

undressing

[First published in Frogpond]

spring rain

spring rain

I've got to believe

in something

(A revision of one I posted at Dianne's blog on St. Patrick's Day)

St. Patrick's Day 2010

green tie

my mind

on spring

snow

first snow

the kitten

lifts her paw

Let's hope we've seen the last snow for a while. By a rare feat of good timing, we were in london when the last big snowstorm hit New York, but we were here for the others. And we got back in time for the big rain that proved more damaging than all the year's snowstorms combined.

flowers

spring flowers

where we buried the cat . . .

moving day

[Shiki Kukai, free format category, February 2010. Assigned topic: Hope]

groundhog

cancer ward

he asks if the groundhog

saw his shadow

Shiki Kukai, February 2010; assigned kigo "Groundhog Day"