summer night
under the stars
we sleep

holding her
in the warm
summer night
under the stars
we sleep

toothpaste tube
squeezed
from the middle

hopscotching in
chalk-stained
jeans

mother collapses
at the knock on the door--
unwanted telegram

listening to
his harmonica
my mood changes

starry night
holding her hand
I see my breath

in the twilight
and snowflakes…
I walk home alone

dead-end basketball hoop
playing
for both teams

at the party
I relate to
the fireflies

   listening
to the sound
     of     snowfall

mesmerizing flames
I search for words
to make it right

early in May
I'm told
I'll be a sister

saving the worm
from
the hook

a beautiful man
subjecting himself
to a spider’s web

the silent eve
trumpeting his steps
sidewalk salt