swirling from nowhere
the sky opposed to color
coats everything white

--Denver, 25 March 2015

day of constant rain
can't remember such green hills
we don't know this place

charred trunks probe the sky
bushy growth sprouts from the roots
fire grows more distant

--composed October 2014 at William Heise County Park, CA

pizza, teenagers
driving themselves to our place
super smash bros. brawl

from high in the oaks
squirrel-thrown nuts bounce off  the roof
August wake-up call

--at the cottage with Dad, Big Whitefish Lake, Michigan

washed out Bear Canyon
crossing creek on rocks, downed trees
ah, here a new bridge
--composed 24 May 2014 near Boulder, Colorado

Simmering ham bone
I stir occasionally
then resume writing