Poem Category: Miscellaneous

between sips
the taste of old rains
from the stone well.

grandma’s window
grandfather’s peach tree
in fruit again.

train window
the child’s face pressed
to her breath again.

express train
the newspapers following
fall quiet.

Windmill in the sun
deep water spilling
cool to my hands.

Summer mornings
quaffing mashed iced mangoes
from a tall green glass.

Distant thunder
hailstones still melting
from the sparrow’s nest.

Breathless summer night
just this heat in curved pillows
between us.

A dry wedding
the old sailor fidgets
inside his necktie.

Train platform
an ant crack just wide enough
in the slanting sun.