spring afternoon
the schoolchildren return
to the dead squirrel

evensong
an upturned snail shell
brimming with rain

        cardinal pair
  the girl I never asked
to the high school dance

a spider comes out
to bundle its catch . . .
evening rain

spring sun
her urn gathers
the whole family

a drifting cloud
the line of frog eggs
twitches

fado love song . . .
dust bunnies swirl
ahead of the broom

first of spring
the mail carrier’s
knees

Mother’s Day
one set of footprints
along the beach

hands
on the balcony rails
summer morning