Poplars

a breeze dances
with a line of poplars
slim, young things

Puddles

early morning rain
filling up puddles
for school children

A small spark

one small spark
in a dry summer season
the fire -- this time

First flight

blue flashes
from its new wings
butterfly's first flight

Treasures

bright yellow petals
held in her child's hand
treasures

A beetle

a beetle scurries pass
heading for a destination
unknown

Turtle and Alligator

an alligator glides
on green, swampy waters
splash -- a turtle dives

Butterflies

butterflies
flapping their wings
in a temple's silence

Bromeliad's Guest

playing peek a boo
two bright eyes betray 
a bromeliad's guest

Nature's Olympics

Faster, stronger
higher -- a young sparrow
makes its first flight

High cotton

early morning fog
rising from a creek
so silently

Royal Palms

so vertical

a row of Royal Palms

at attention

Raccoons

their bright eyes reflect
the moon's bright glow
raccoons surprised

Cuban tree frog love

his raspy murmurings
she finds
so irresistible

summer

southern exposure
a window lets in summer
orange blossom breeze

Ripeness of mango

another mango
falls full and ripe
to waiting hands

Gray fox

a gray fox
stalks
a silver moon

Heart of a Habsburg: Otto von Habsburg

To Hungary: his heart
Austria his body, Europe his hopes

his soul to God

orb spider

an orb spider
astride its silk domain
examines a fly

what the tide leaves

what the tide leaves --
bleached shells, driftwood, and seaweed
on a sandy beach

sea grape bushes

wind rustling through
a row of sea grape bushes
summertime chimes

Afternoon cleansing

sharp, bitter smell
after a hard rain
so cleansing

Transit of Ray Bradbury

dandelion snow
wafted by a breeze
so effortlessly

Mermaids' purses
found empty at a beach
pick pockets?

Soft breeze

a soft breeze
cools a baby's cheeks
her mom's kiss

Soldier beetle

On a blade of grass
a soldier beetle dances
unaccompanied

rain keeps a beat
on a green awning
summer symphony

After a rainfall

cascade of blossoms
from an early morning rain
cover a footpath

Wet season

Sheets of cold rain

slicing across empty fields

wet season arrives

late morning breakfast

late morning breakfast
left uneaten
too much of spring

in honor of the 13 seek sanctuary in Havana's la Caridad church

Through stained glass windows
streams the sun's morning light
heavenly jewels

a child cries -- tornado victims in the USA

what the twisters left
death, rubble, torn foundations
a small child cries

Mo(u)rning Doves

"coo -- cooo" they call
so mournfully
gray doves

Snowflake catcher

her tongue catches
snowflake after snowflake
as her mom smiles

Bronze Temple Bell

early morning dew
on a bronze temple bell
so cool to the touch

Wolf Moon

light from the Wolf Moon// on newly fallen snow// a field mouse scurries

breakfast

this morning's breakfast
growing cold
the pain of loss