Wandering

There are blackberries up here Orange flashes of buckthorn Sun splashing through the sky On a coastline, all rock Layers…

April Showers

The trees are crying again White blossoms rain As hope is lost And Summer slides in To take her share…

Christmas, 1942

It was the thunder that woke her up. She opened her eyes slowly. Then rolled on to her back, and…

The Summer Set

They all gathered By the beach, in the water On the setting sand For the last Sunday Before school began…

The Embrace

When I greeted the river This morning, I saw The blackberry bushes Brushed with frost Delicate ice crystals Adorning the…

The Holiday

He was my holiday Set in the summer sun When I didn’t think Of myself, what I’m not What I…

Life is Long

Life is long, I tell him Without really knowing why He frowns, and I wonder too What I could have…

The Long Field

The fields fell down into the valley below the sun which soaked into every inch of the slope on which…