cold snap
a winter sun glitters
the pines

luminescent bedsheets
ride the breeze

cloud
wind-changed
now a whale!

autumn asters
seeding the water's edge

skittish among slender reeds
the harvest moon
and ducktails

porthole's yellow eye
in the night

sealight glows
in ruby cactus blooms
- raising the wine

a new year a new decade
so many wishes

starlit snow
suddenly the sky flowers
one last time

security guard's smile
vacation paradise

candle flickers
rumbling ocean pounding
the island

refuge for pelicans
huddled by the hundreds

sun-flooded tent -
driftwood cracks under
sputtering eggs

feeding the fire
flame in her moon-shaped eyes

unfocused gaze -
drumtight belly contracting
then relaxing

baby's sudden birth
aid car parked outside

windowsill daisies -
at her breast little hands
open and close

framed handprint
beside a Chagall painting

in Jerusalem
stained glass
windows of God

from far below
the bells of pilgrims

chimes
echoing -
the mirror lake

evening breeze
in long wet hair

from the center
of her transparent gown
to the edge

haze of incense
drifts in midair

sandflies freshly hatched
blackening
the shore rocks

circling gulls -- flightless one's
black eye in the grass

supersonic snooper
SR-71 retires
to a museum home

golden age development
in the pasture

adjacent four acre-farm
honeymooner's
first home

together they plant
a cherry tree

violin duet -
brilliant sun in a drop
of sherry

chef seated and sampling
the rosemary pheasant

sunset flight -
sharp scent of mint clings
to the shovel

Mother's Day dilemma:
she insists she wants nothing

waking to find
a deep crimson rose
haloed by stars

a sparkling day with no plans

September 1989 - May 1990
Mercer Island, Washington, USA - Prospect, Nova Scotia, Canada