A walk in the park

1. Towering clouds were knife-edge Against brilliant blue It didn’t look like rain And the ice cream shop on the Continue reading →

Green tomatoes

I picked a basket of tomatoes Green and hard, the dew heavy, not quite frost In the post dawn chill Continue reading →

Peak

It’s nearly impossible to write About the garden in July Bursting like a pirate’s chest Under a searing sky Just Continue reading →

8:30 Friday July 9

8:30 Friday morning It’s as cool as September The early harvest Of green beans, mint, and parsley Wet with silver Continue reading →

I have questions

Why can’t April be more like May and May be more like June? When did April showers go away, and Continue reading →

Screen

I can hear the hum of traffic And the neighbor’s sprinkler Tick-tick-ticking the grass seed And the children leaving the Continue reading →

Okay, this is the last snow, right?

It always snows in April This never isn’t true No matter early summer-like days Or brilliant skies of blue You Continue reading →

April trees

Before the green of May and June emerge From trees that still appear quite bare The sun now shining warm Continue reading →