overripe

I once was a blossom

in the summertime of youth --

now I am overripe

eavesdropping on owls

this shy summer moon

timidly shines above trees

eavesdropping on owls

mountain morning clouds

mountain morning clouds

in a dusky sleepy sky

watch summer leaving

I Love Canada!

I love Canada, but they’ve taken advantage of our Country for many years! @realDonaldTrump

When dealing with sneaky Canucks

you've got to keep track of the bucks.

Canadian loonies

belong in the boonies --

I'm tariffing their hockey pucks!

gone

real recognition

only comes to the poet

after he is gone

found on a picnic

a bend in the grain

with tired muddy colors

found on a picnic

koi among the coins

koi among the coins

swims over the vain wishes

of its high captors

summer smoke

the murky stillness

of summer smoke in the hills

stings my heart and eyes

I look up through the trees

I look up through the trees

and remember it's Friday,

and the trees don't care

summer spreading green

summer spreading green

and purple over dry ground

that dreams of water