deep in the forest
deep in the night
cuckoo

Vs of geese —
I look where everyone else
is looking

Halloween snow
the yeti’s
tiny footprints

Indian summer —
we ride around town
just to be riding

that butterfly
I thought was a dead leaf —
Indian summer

my eye . . . my mind
led into the woods
by the red sumac

half moon
the white cat vanishes
into shadow

pink cosmos —
my divorced friend
learns to salsa

full moon . . .
       shadows ripple through
       the field of catnip