Monday, April 8, 2013

Announcing April


In the roadside hawthorne top
on a twig between opening leaf wads
a rufus sided towhee throws back it’s head
angles it’s beak wide against gray sky
blasts its musical plastic rattle whistle - 
kddrrrreeeee!...kddrrrreeeee!...kddrrrreeee!

Saturday, April 6, 2013

April Afternoon


Green gold west light
slanting across 
stubby pasture grass
across pine slope
under indigo black 
cloud bottoms.