look

the doctor wants

to take a closer look

my unexamined life

[First published in Notes From the Gean]

open sky revisited

After posting "open sky" here the other day, I posted it at magnapoets (see links) as I often do. But it turned up there with an unintended change in format. To my surprise, people who read it over there liked it like that. I thought I'd post it here and give you a look. Since it's already been published, this is not an issue, but I wonder how many editors would tolerate this departure from the norm.

open sky . . .

in a field of wildflowers

I look for words

open sky

open sky . . .

in a field of wildflowers

I look for words

[first published in Ambrosia]

spring flowers

spring flowers

that pretty girl singing

a song I used to know

[First published in Ambrosia]

shower

sudden shower

chess players in the park

bend over the board

I recently posted this at gautami's blog (see list of blogs to the left) in response to a poem of hers.

Mother's Day

As many of you know, I was away on Mother's Day. I was pleased to learn, upon returning, that this had taken third place in the Caribbean Kukai (Kigo: Mother's Day)

mother's day

I step over

a crack

And I wrote this one on the day itself in California

mother's day

she takes her kids

to the movies

A belated Happy Mother's Day to all.

dusk

spring dusk

the carriage horse noses

a cab's rear end

[First published in White Lotus]

spring break

I'll be taking a spring break. See you after May 20. Stay well.

smile

a smile from the girl

his mother warned him about

graduation day

[First published in Moonset]