five walks in two days
bliss
the first walk was near the neighbors
and much, much later this sky
and between, a monarch
trapeezed about
and then i walked out back
through chin high goldenrod
and vicious raspberries
into the woods, where quiet ferns waited
fooling feet into confidence
(those hidden rocks
making jokes)
fooling feet into confidence
(those hidden rocks
making jokes)
there was a tiny scrap of text
and the stream was jungle overgrown and almost disappeared
even the upper pond was low
and this caller
screeched about me, maybe, or the coyote i heard bark.
do you know this bird?
there were two
too far for my tiny camera.
and three gifts i brought home
and tonight's walk
wendy and me (two walks in two days!)
saw this moon coming up
and when home again home again
i heard a white throated sparrow,
a woods friend in the ecotone.