31 May 2021 (iris)

returning home

after a weekend away

iris in bloom

30 May 2021 (rain)

more than sixty-percent water island rain

29 May 2021 (rain)

island rain

the catbird’s song

mostly water

28 May 2021 (cones)

spruce cones along the trail

gathering

ideas for a poem

27 May 2021 (heat)

sultry night

on top of the sheets

listening to the river

26 May 2021 (starflowers)

rearranging

constellations of childhood—

starflowers

25 May 2021 (thrush)

morning coffee

the song of a thrush

drifts upriver

24 May 2021 (dawn)

island dawn

a trail through dewy grass

ends at a pheasant

23 May 2021 (lilac)

lilac day moon

the scent of the breeze

off the water

22 May 2021 (surf)

heart of the island

the thumping bass notes

of the surf

21 May 2021 (apple blossoms)

waxing day moon

within the apple blossoms

a yellow warbler