Swift Water and Light

Light on the table,
Casting shadows of the book;
The silent sunshine.

Is Spring really here?
Will there be snow tomorrow?
So many questions.


Forsythia buds;
Laundry hanging on the line--
Fresh signs of the times.


The moss on the rock
Glows as the stream rushes past;
Swift water and light.


Red robin, green lawn;
Soft hammering of woodpecker;
"Tick tick" in the woods.


Dead logs in the woods--
One bare, one hosting plant life:
Dimensions of death.


Round, flat, green petals
Open to the morning sun--
Clover has arrived!


Even in the sun
As birds sing and flowers burst
Cars go rushing past.