Poem 1962

Mountain hike
bees show the way
into wildflowers.

Poem 1946

Tides returning
the mirror of a rock pool
beneath the moon.

Poem 1930

Eyes open
the window mannequin
beside her pile of clothes.

Poem 1914

Gift book
its next delight
the smell of flipped pages.

Poem 1898

Sunday lay-in
lashings of a storm
on the French doors.

Poem 1882

Sprayed cockroach
soiling a pillow slip
the last one.

Poem 1866

Polishing an opal
its light from a thousand eyes
pressed by violent earth.

Poem 1850

Still smoking
sifted from the house
unburnt treasures.

Poem 1834

Paper coffee cup
the whole cemetery
moved with the wind.

Poem 1818

Home again
moon and I meeting
on the old wood bridge.