flickering beneath twilight shadows
laughter of a goldfinch --
weightless

wisps of cloud
across a high blue sky
at the bottom of the closet
wedding veil in a box

"Roiling"

visitors crowd the house
birthday candles blown --
storm clouds muscle out the sun

elemental
surface
light and shadow
quiet . . .

a whisper of north wind
lifts the curtain --
your finger tracing my spine

slow steady stitches
on fine linen --
starlight embroiders the night sky

altered photograph by poet

holding up the night sky
raspy love song

lone cicada