have another, they're small

[penelopesque]

I forgot to post these for awhile.

The first three share a theme.

february night
scent of awakening earth
hidden under stars

i hear things unseen
propulsion engines, barking dogs
birds, The Commodores

i stop when i see
hiding in plain sight a deer
turn white tail and run

last night's raindrops cling
to wool spider web remains
of past Halloween

oval evergreen
foliage, tender white twinned buds
open, promise spring

noonday sun so bright
brilliance blinds my sight, birds are
only wings in flight

new hewn cedar fence,
white truck half emptied of black
compost: readiness