Why I wake early: new poems

Why I wake early

Bone

Freshen the flowers, she said

Where does the temple begin, where does it end?

Beans

The arrowhead

Trout lilies

The poet goes to Indiana

The snow cricket

The lover of earth cannot help herself

Have you seen blacksnake swimming?

How everything adores being alive

Clouds

Spring at Blackwater : I go through the lessons already learned

The lily

Look and see

This world

At Black River

The marsh hawk

Breakage

Where does the dance begin, where does it end?

Snow geese

What was once the largest shopping center in northern Ohio was built where there had been a pond I used to visit every summer afternoon

The dovekie

Something

Logos

Bear

Many miles

Luna

"Just a minute," said a voice...

This morning I watched the deer

The old poets of China

White-eyes

Yellowlegs

The best I could do

The wren from Carolina

Some things, say the wise ones

Mindful

Song of the builders

Look again

Goldenrod, late fall

November

Daisies

One

The soul at last

The pinewoods

Lingering in happiness.