hummingbird . . .
startled by your
absent laughter

Originally appeared in Northwest Passage

first birthday
he gets his brother’s
green eyes

Unpublished

 
boiling pot the rigid angles of the butter

Originally appeared in
Under the Basho

spring cleaning
dad throws out
his back

Originally appeared in Acorn

a duck’s legs churning
the toddler makes
engine noises

Unpublished

lamppost moon
her plane’s contrail
cuts the fog

Originally appeared in Northwest Passage

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