wedding by the lake --
two synchronized kites
swoop in unison
(for Mark & Jody Randall, Nelson, BC)
two feet maybe,
but, oh, how the fledgling sings
to have made the hop
deep dusk --
midle-aged man
and his trusty pad
a febrile web --
my wife's angry talk
with my daughter
cold coffee dregs --
a single gull circles
a blustery sky
little wind turbine --
I remember the turbanned elf
on the pudding pack
Chicken picnic --
the robin gawks at me
from the fence
watering the lawn --
robin chortles away
from the lowest limb
two yellow leaves ...
or a McDonald's wrapper
in the cottonwood?
Canada Day --
more strokes and head pats
for the smiling dog
so windy I can't
sit here long enough to write
these three lines
even low
between two houses
I hold my hat
father and son
one fishing pole
one fish
still cool --
birds titter in top branches
of the cottonwoods
one black feather --
a tidings of magpies
bow heads and squawk