
tulips and amaryllis
strawberries with brown sugar
handpainted china
a straw in the woods
jelly beans in a bowl
our hearts beating together

tulips and amaryllis
strawberries with brown sugar
handpainted china
a straw in the woods
jelly beans in a bowl
our hearts beating together

she was here, and then she was gone

you were then, the age i am now–
i think about this in the dark and
scoop your image from my memory–
your young children will be grown,
your hair, fully silver–
of course when i meet you in my dream later that night,
we are as we were–
and i am desired once again

tea shed
ginger biscuits
mended linen
watermelon party
warm brook
snowdrops
peeking crocuses
oak apples


there, by the rolling stones,
by the line in the sand,
and the needles in the hay–
that’s where i found you

as the sun goes down,
ghosts gather

the sunflowers stood tall in a mason jar on the table,
eventually stooping and growing tired,
making their withered way to a small porcelain dish,
we admired their frail and fragile beauty

words haunt her

planting new things
flea markets and farmer’s markets
birthday cake
open windows at night
shades of green
long spring evenings

it was the bright blue desert sky
that she engraved into memory–
that day of heat and happiness