New Year’s Day, La Honda
Sun
so low but
welcome, so welcome
Planter box
bulbs within, stirring
days after solstice
Yellow toy truck
among fallen leaves
Child in college
Cracked window glass
last summer’s
tennis ball
Barbecue grate
black sizzle
icy to touch
Chimney smoke
she’s my neighbor
so warm
Redwood bark
furry sinews
to the heavens
Sunbeam shafts
through branches
blessings
A spider swings
by silver thread
pondering: up or down?
On the deer path
wild turkeys trot, heads high
with dignity
Chimney bricks jumbled,
mossed where they’ve lain
since the earthquake,
home to lizards
Toyon shrub
bright red berries
feasting waxwings
Wooden loveseat
rotten, unsafe for sitting
exhausted by love?
Ceramic urn
her ashes scattered
now vintage rainwater
wiggling nymphs
Coyote
ears perk
flash gone
Utility pole
fate of straight trees
lifting wires
pulse, nerves
Garbage can
upside down
so I lift and—
turtle eggs glisten!
so set it back, shelter
until spring
……
From my book Foggy Dog
First published in Nature Writing
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