Popping From Nowhere

Shiny the slate path;
Queen Anne's Lace after the rain;
Sun plays hide and seek.

A burst of yellow;
Satisfied clucking of hens;
Distant shot rings out.









Jewel weed near the stream--
Flecks of orange in the sun
Near the wet mirror.

The house is shuttered,
No small dog jumps in window:
Presence of absence.









Early yellow leaves
Lie languidly on the road;
Waiting for a car?









Popping from nowhere
Mushrooms congregate softly.
(Can anyone hear?)









Soft violet sumac;
Brilliant blue bachelor buttons;
Frilly white asters.









Now, when a breeze blows
It billows through the lush leaves
And then disappears.

Grasshoppers swirl up
Flying to a safer place
Unseen and unknown.