day lilies
           opening
                    to acid rain

balmy evening—
leaving work, the doctor
says “ah”

text message
the suddenness
of black ice

cloudburst
the sound of raindrops
changing size

cold front—
the honey jar releases
its lid

distant thunder
my son is now
one hour late

distant thunder
the cicada throbs
in my hand

     people coming out
with and without umbrellas
     —a double rainbow

first warm day
two left gloves
for gardening

first warm day—
torn caution tape
at the trailhead

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ground fog
up to my ankles
in moonlight

ground fog
a doe’s head
lifts above it

gale warning
two gulls surf
the waves above the lake

       hard frost
   pigeons peck
at chicken bones

The sparrow flying
With legs dangling down—
The heat!

heat lightning
the buckle end
of the belt

ice storm
he traces my scars
in the dark

rain clouds
the bulging calyx
of the new rose

sheet lightning:
the face near the top
of the ferris wheel

the smog! the heat!
and everyone, everyone
in everyone's way!

between telephone calls—
the snow drifts off
from the rest of my life

snow mixes with rain 
my mother keeps calling me 
by my brother’s name

record storm surge
the beach lined with
oily murres

first spring wash—
colours from the sundog
bleed through a cloud

distant virga
the ranch dog’s eyes
different colors

A warm breeze . . .
the scent of hay bales
from the moonlit field

the pulse
in a knot of spiderlings
warm breeze