tarweed in bloom —
a ground squirrel’s
puff of dust

windfall tomatoes:
a rabbit zigzags
the garden row

wheat wheat wheat wheat —
a flash of red
in the pine tree

katydid chorus
nothing that can’t wait
until tomorrow

oasis . . .
a cactus wren
sips from the end of a hose

the last crop planted —
changing the tire
on the tree swing

the flycatcher’s wheeep
last sliver of sun
on the ridge