sunlit edges
of the picket fence
red oleander - emile

neighbors away
letting the grass grow - lb

chores undone
still she lounges on the couch
my teenage daughter - ch

motionless, a white cat
stares at the front door knob - ab

harvest moon shining
on the pumpkin
on the windowsill - eh

baking pies for Thanksgiving
eating a whole one myself - ew

early autumn rain
the glowing
tip of incense - emile

kissing on the porch
the light next door comes on - lb

reflected
in your dilated pupils
my whole face - ch

your voice on the machine
I take a deeper breath - ab

fishing boats
enter the harbor
raucous seagulls - eh

gulping her own drink and his
while the airplane wavers - ew

full of moonlight
snow
plops from the firs - emile

grandma's crazy quilt
smell of moth balls - lb

rounding the bend --
a shipment of urinal cakes
surrounded by flares - ch

up the main elevator
with his greasy tool box - ab

branch of plum blossoms
and fallen petals
tea ceremony - eh

the marsh sprouts green
clouds of mosquitoes rise - ew

frog calls
children's laughter
answers - alex

noisy wind across the prairie
a radio chatters - emile

down the street
the old woman's garden
always in bloom - lb

another chemical peel
and a hair transplant too - ch

hot pavement
two women in miniskirts
arm and arm - ab

holding him tightly
sparks from the campfire - eh

he offers
brightly wrapped gifts
to change her mind - ew

box springs silent
window open - alex

the magician bows
again and again --
his fly agape - emile

got a man chasing me
traffic cop - lb

alone once more
the blue moon comes up anyway
over the city - ch

golden willow leaves
floating in the stone basin - ab

empty field
on the scarecrow's shoulder
a turkey vulture - eh

remembering all year
to fill the bird feeders - ew

cut crystal
the ranger's birthday
in the woods - alex

curry comb filled --
seventeen acres of horse - emile

hillside of poppies
picking one
then another - lb

a dew drop and its shadow
ride the back of a snail - ch