2023.05.24: nightshade

solanum dimidiatum, May ‘23

2023.05.23: manna

gathering, May ‘23

no dinner bell heard 
yet turtles know to gather 
when the catkins fall

2023.05.22: rooted

kite in blue sky, Apr ’20

planting summer blooms  
the pull of the whistling kite 
across a blue sky

2023.05.20: uprising

rising water, May ‘23

swollen with rainfall 
the creek rising from its bed 
ready to rumble

2023.05.19: residual

cottonwood fluff, May ‘23

the rain stopped falling 
then a flurry of white fluff 
something’s unsettling