new coolness
a bend of current
around the sea buoy

lonely walk
looking for the sun
for my shadow

a purple haze
across the hairgrass —
scent of her perfume

autumn equinox
my mother’s writing
on yellowed paper

the monarch butterfly
spirals in an updraft
my loneliness

a pile of clams
far from shore —
summer’s end

summer’s end:
returning home
to shadows

lovers’ moon
the first godwits
settle in

smoking break
out by the dumpster
crickets mate

a slow wasp —
the lamb on the spit
makes another turn