feather beds airing
on a balcony –
cumulus clouds

summer dusk –
the babel of mynahs
in a banyan

the long segments
of the Big Dipper's handle
summer fields

haying –
swallows widen
the summer sky

dry season
the infant in the stroller
sucks his toes

heat lightning
a siren
nearer and nearer

summer evening –
the scent of fresh loaves
as I pass the bakery

first locust
a breeze curls across
the ripe wheat

the farmer's spit
catches on a thistle –
still no rain

embroidered dresses
showcased in the window
eyebrow moon