first warm day
a hermit thrush
pumps its tail

spring festival
sunlight haloes
the baby’s hair

half-blown dandelion
my neighbor’s daughter
moves back in

Tomb of the Unknown —
bird shadows
in sudden flight

wet road
a shepherd watching me
slow down

scattered sun —
one chickadee louder
than the rest

a child bride
bows her head
the whitest peony

nowhere else
but the next flower —
afternoon butterfly

before & after
paying respects
a smoker in the rain

tripod holes
in the creekside mud —
Yosemite dawn