Caped Crusader is Missing!

Last day of April;

Sun chases the clouds away,

But then they return. 

My untended lawn:

Plethora of blue flowers

Spring up upon it.

Fixed in the driveway

Black and white cat is frozen,

An alert statue.

Shimmer on the stream;

Gentle breeze shakes the water

Awakening it.

Cluster of yellow

Bursting bright at the stream side

Has no caretakers.

Spray of white flowers

Springs haphazard on a tree

As if scattered there.

Oh, where has he gone?

Caped crusader is missing!

(Leaving just his shirt)

Ravaged old phone pole

Has suffered endless nail bites

And woodpeckers too.

By Reckless Design

With mouth full of seeds

Cardinal looks around to check--

Always on his guard 

Coffee roasting smell

Fills the kitchen and my nose:

Morning has arrived.

Tulips on the lawn,

Dandelions around them--

A sprinkling of Spring.

Flat stain on the road.

Was it a living creature

Or discarded paint?

Dandelions share

Lawn and shadows with violets;

Both glow in the sun.

Stream bed's bare again;

It's still waiting for water;

Yet it wends its way.

Dandelion puff--

Small, but first of the season,

Soon will launch its seeds.

From walk of Thursday, April 28, 2016

Stump, straw and flowers

Occupy neighboring space

By reckless design.

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Bright beckoning light

Fills the bushes and the lawn;

Flurry of birds feed.

Two eating, two waiting:

Birds wait their turns at feeder;

All's well with the world!

Shadows on my walk--

Mixture of air and earth,

Meeting on the slate.

Hoarse rooster crowing

Cuts through the morning silence;

Lone bird chirps softly.

Sky is crystal blue;

Neither cloud nor bird is seen.

Distant plane rumbles.

Three balls on the lawn--

Look! Nobody is playing;

(Juvenile flotsam).

Cluster of mullein

Growing wild in the field--

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Bird chirps distantly,

Mixing with the sun drenched leaves

And the singing woods.

Woodpecker Echoes

Woodpecker echoes

Rattle from far away place

Into my floor boards.

My gray waking mood

Lightened by the blooming tree

With its senseless white.

Chugging through the sky

Unseen above the gray clouds:

Helicopter sound.

Silhouetted trees

Disguise silhouetted birds

Singing their Spring song.

Patiently waiting--

Four garbage cans by the road.

They full or empty?

At his tree trunk door

Chipmunk freezes like statue,

Then hurries inside.

Amidst verdant leaves

Rusty needles on a tree:

Zombie evergreen!

Along the road side

Exploring hidden treasure

Bird hops place to place.