the hang time
of grasshoppers
lazy afternoon

invisible door
the orphan opens it
for his brother

Summer night:
the store owner buys something
from his own machine

flickering light
on a vase of wildflowers —
sound of the wind

midsummer —
childhood pathways
lost to wildflowers

gaunt children
selling old bayonets —
noonday sun

evening cool —
my two small images
in the cat’s eyes

shimmering fireflies
the overgrown field
since Father’s illness

woodland stroll
the same bird call
always just ahead

sunny rain —
colour of finches
matching the leaves