f/k/a . . .

 

 

a three-engine freight train

delays lunch –

two stomachs rumble

 

                           [Feb. 28, 2005]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

offering a kiss –

she eagerly shares

calories

                       [Feb. 27, 2005]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a huge yellow moon –

our argument fogs

the windshield 

 

                               

          

 

we all help

blow out the candles –

dad’s 86th birthday

 

                     [Feb. 26, 2005]

 

 

 

 

 

a dear aunt’s cluttered desk –

checking email

from her guest room

 

                                          [Feb. 25, 2005]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

pleasantly surprised

again –

full moon at the window

 

                                    [Feb. 24, 2005]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

middle finger

papercut

middle finger

 

 

 

 

afraid to look

under the bed –

dust dinosaurs sleep

[Feb. 23, 2005] 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

bookstore

history section –

two honest presidents

                                                 [Feb. 21, 2005]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the visiting twin–

driving alone

into a snow storm

                              [Feb. 21, 2005]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

business lunch

starts with a compliment –

he raises his knife

                                             [Feb. 20, 2005]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

digital age:

aging digits

at the keyboard

 

                      [re-do]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

cirrus clouds and

a dusting of snow –

the midday moon is shedding

 

                                                 [Feb. 19, 2005]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

pink clouds

in the bare oak’s crotch

the street-walker stares

 

                                                 [Feb. 18, 2005]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

travel plans

penciled in*

*winter’s asterisk

 

                                       [Feb. 17, 2005]

 

 

 

dust on the spine

of each cookbook –

soup can in the sink

                               [Feb. 16, 2005]

 

 

 

 

 

where two boys

ice-fished yesterday –

two ducks swim

                                 [Feb.15, 2005]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

valentine for

an apostate son –

novena card from mom

                                           [Feb. 15, 2005]           

 

 

 

 

 

 

give her a hand –

a perfect

snow angel

                                 [Feb.14, 2005

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mailbox stuffed
– Valentines
from relatives
                            [Feb. 14, 2004 & 2005]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

sealed –

the Valentine card

she never sent

                              [Feb. 13, 2005]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

honest Abe  –

no one wears his hat

or fills his shoes

                                 [Feb. 12, 2005]

 

 

 

warmed by the sun

lit by the moon –

icy porch steps 

                               [Feb.11, 2005]

 

 

 

 

valentine sun

warms the kitchen –

tuna melt for lunch

                                       [Feb.10, 2005]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

wondering where

they go in winter –

pond frogs and children

                                       [Feb.9, 2005]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

can’t reach

the triple-word score –

the dog whines for table scraps

                                          [Feb.9, 2005]

 

 

 

 

 

sad chirp of 

the smoke detector —

another low battery

                              [Feb.8, 2005]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

today

the sun sets too slowly –

driving westward

                                       [Feb.7, 2005]

 

 

 

at the sink

squinting at sunrise

and saturday’s dishes

                                     [Feb.6, 2005]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

sunset tints

the cloudbank pink –

avoiding yellow snow

                                   [Feb.5, 2005]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

can’t take my eyes off

the bird in flight –

wanting to know its name

 

                                  [Feb.4, 2005]

 

 

 

 

 

 

four Advil

at a time –

caressing the cordless mouse

                                                          [Feb. 3, 2005]

 

 

 

 

window view

icicle and branch –

branch

                           [Feb. 2, 2005]

 

 

 

in the freezer, 

three starter snowmen –

cloudless sky

                                   [Feb. 1, 2005]