post to post
a woodpecker searching
the meadow fence

fingerlings —
a water moccasin
poses as a reed

dowser’s hands —
the pull in a switch
of willow

wind gust —
my children’s breath
while they sleep

foghorns
a fish in the silence
between

Cowbells clonking
on a torpid afternoon —
the muddy river ford

smoke over the river
the restlessness
of crows

dying maple
just enough leaves
for the wind to rustle

tundra swans
in the mist
snowflakes

winter fog
car after car
onto the bridge