House for sale
a vine almost to the end
of the laundry line

spring frost
the wind-up toy stopped
in midstride

source of the creek
a kinglet’s
breeding song

early blossoms
the hummingbird’s throat
brighter still

two plovers
and their shadows
ploughed fields

sold sign
the nest
in the leafless tree

calving glacier
a mother whispers
to her child

mountain torrent —
the water ouzel flicks
a white eyelid

the tips
of crabapple buds
April sunrise

lawn daisies
a boy tosses the ball
to himself