rustle of palm leaves . . .
fishermen play cards
in the boat’s shade

roadside walk
a beggar stretches
leg as hand

fiddlers’ festival
the bull frogs’
uneven harmony

alone
with Dad’s old songs
another night of fireflies

    adonis blue . . .
  searching in vain
among the heathcliffs

summer afternoon —
the saxophone busker
takes a drag

tornado watch
cricket songs carried
from tall grass

Gypsy violin . . .
the wheat harvest
sparkling with fireflies

mountain pass wind
whistles through my pack frame —
a pika answers

crescent moon
quiet lullaby
from the rocker