Haiku lullabies

sleep is a rhythm
swirls around pulls darkness in
as the night birds sing

Moth in my screen.

Computer screen shows
Moths flitting through air currents
Halfway cross the world

New Moon in Spring

sun goes down, no moon

darkness crosses young grasses

protects baby birds

Death of Squash (with apologies to Terry Pratchett)

death’s in our garden

picking out which squash will live

and which squash will die

Spring

plants bud and blossom
rain and mud replacing snow
as the sun comes out

dad’s old red backpack
hangs expectant on doorknob
awaiting a hike

The Ghost of a Kitten

ghost of dead kitten
watches decomposing corpse
shakes with private laughs

music is jewels
hung in sky between my eyes
water laps my feet

cat and fiddle underground

violin burrows

underground to meet brown cat

singing songs of mud

Rocks that fill my heart

dark cradles me
granite and obsidian
rocks that fill my heart

My Mother’s Strength

to some she looks weak

underneath she’s tough as nails

mountains in her bones