The tansy heads beside the porch have grown eyes: clear beads at the center of each dense sun. A faint haze of rain thickens into pelt.
July 2009
Monday July 20, 2009
Sunday July 19, 2009
Saturday July 18, 2009
Half-burp, half-grunt, this utterance of a mother deer to her playful fawns. Twin leaves flutter to the ground like wings of a green bird.
Friday July 17, 2009
Thursday July 16, 2009
Wednesday July 15, 2009
Tuesday July 14, 2009
Monday July 13, 2009
The doe with twins pauses to graze a multiflora rose. The lead fawn follows suit, and I want to cheer. Invasive-eating culture transmitted!
Sunday July 12, 2009
High, deliberate notes of a blue-headed vireo: April revisited. A slow floodwater mosquito dies between the heels of my palms.