In The Backyard

At the dawn of dusk –
I went out with my child
                      to the sandbox.
Seeing colors of yellow and blue
turn to this green memory –
then the blue with red
casting out a violet night –
As we carried plastic pails
                      into the dreaming
of an empty tire swing
waiting for weight or wind.

Three Haiku

Sounding off sonnets –
A cricket in the near grass –
Shakespearean bug


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Flowering basil –
A green caterpillar climbs
into his cocoon


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Picking blueberries –
A bucket of syllables –
Palatable tale