Before 2005

1/19/2001
Black purring fur ball
Stella sits on the white pad.
(My cat does not write)

11/15/2000
My cat is confused;
I dance--to her a strange game
That she hasn't learned

11/11/00
Seagull on a pole
Lifts head and screams at the clouds;
Then preens its feathers.

12/10/2000
Fly and Stella cat:
Fly scitters around ceiling
Stella wants to fly.

5/6/00
Paddle ears alert
Three deer freeze on the road side.
I wait for motion.

4/27/00
There is a damp green,
A hush gray above the lawn;
Spring time is waiting.

4/24/00
The pond is empty;
Pipes are scattered on the bed;
Water memories.

4/24/00
Three women praising
A baby carriaged bundle.
He/She is asleep.

4/24/00
It's gray and muggy
Radio songs are boring;
The world really sucks.

4/13/00
The 'gator watches
Showing only his nostrils.
My canoe lurches.

4/13/00
Clouds up and clouds down;
A light blinks and engine roars.
We are suspended.

4/13/00
Spanish moss like ghosts
Hangs above the swamp waters.
Alligator eyes!

3/31/00
The trees catch the light,
Gold in the crisp morning air;
Spring slant of sunrise.

3/31/00
The sky is clear blue.
The sun slowly spreads its warmth;
I ponder past hurts.

3/29/00
She reclines in peace,
Then bristles and leaps forward
Chasing cat phantoms.

3/29/00
She watches robins
Hopping outside the window
Oh! What a prison.

3/29/00
Her perfume lingered
In the air, the day she died;
A faint remembrance.

3/26/00
Outside, it is gray.
Inside, all the taxes wait.
I will stay in bed.

3/20/00
My cat's tail twitches
As she sits in the window
Watching her cat thoughts.

3/16/00
Before the candle
White ghosts clung to the ceiling.
Now there are shadows.

3/1/00
A silence descends
As my cat stops her purring.
Outside, a stream whirrs.

2/25/00
Slanted lids are shut.
Only her whiskers vibrate;
She lets me please her.


09/28/02
Yellow light, flat walls
Palm trees cast quiet shadows.
Soft New Orleans dawn.

09/28/02
Plock. Plock. Plock. Plock. Plock.
Rain drops in an empty pipe.
The storm is over.

09/26/02
The air is quiet
Soft clouds float below soft clouds
The storm is over.

09/25/02
Rushing in the trees
Blown rain against my window
The storm approaches.

05/27/02
Girls stride up the hill
Their heads bob from side to side
So many new sights.

1/19/2001
Black purring fur ball
Stella sits on the white pad.
(My cat does not write)

11/15/2000
My cat is confused;
I dance--to her a strange game
That she hasn't learned.

11/11/00
Seagull on a pole
Lifts head and screams at the clouds;
Then preens its feathers.

12/10/2000
Fly and Stella cat:
Fly skitters around ceiling
Stella wants to fly.

5/6/00
Paddle ears alert
Three deer freeze on the road side.
I wait for motion.

4/24/00
The pond is empty;
Pipes are scattered on the bed;
Water memories.

4/24/00
Three women praising
A baby carriaged bundle.
He/She is asleep.

4/13/00
The 'gator watches
Showing only his nostrils.
My canoe lurches.

4/13/00
Clouds up and clouds down;
A light blinks and engine roars.
We are suspended.

4/13/00
Spanish moss like ghosts
Hangs above the swamp waters.
Alligator eyes!

3/29/00
She reclines in peace,
Then bristles and leaps forward
Chasing cat phantoms.

3/29/00
She watches robins
Hopping outside the window
Oh! What a prison.

3/15/00
Inside is silent.
Outside is wind and peepers.
Which world am I in?

3/1/00
A silence descends
As my cat stops her purring.
Outside, a stream whirrs.

2/25/00
Slanted lids are shut.
Only her whiskers vibrate;
She lets me please her.

1/31/00
Lights punch the black night;
Yellow beatle eyes rush past.
All is dark again.

1/24/00
Alto holds her note;
My car glides down the mountain.
Red stop sign stops us.

1/24/00
Air is calm and still;
On the phone--news of his death.
A truck rumbles by.

1/20/00
Flame above the snow;
Candle flickers left and right;
My window's mirror.

Pin ball machines squawk;
A family eats in silence.
Nothing is happening.