waiting for the rains
both sides
of the pillow hot

shimmering heat
a rattlesnake flashes
its new skin

midday heat —
the glassblower’s bubble
impossibly thin

sun shower —
children hopscotch
in pavement steam

wilderness canyon
my shout and its echo
quickly lost in time

rising sun
the flies and I
remain still

circling
the Overland Stage marker
migrating hummers

blazing sun
I tell her
what I really think

the crammed beak
of a blackbird —
summer rain

climbing in shadow —
the canyon rim
brightly lit