a background
of blues -
clouds improvising

autumn
blowing in -
dandelion clock's last day

frog plopping
into the pond
disturbing the stars

the garden
full of thistledown
...leaving

across the river
a dance-band:
couples fishtail and glide

Christening morning -
the clematis
sprinkles me with drops

swirling wind
unscrewing
the blossoms

riverside trees
toppled -
fish through the branches

dark river -
from a bird
a heart-breaking song

(for Billie Holiday)

disturbing
a wasp's nest - screams
from the slowest runner

bluebottles:
shape
of the dead mouse

street
of bumping umbrellas -
stream of bright flotsam

butterflies in a line -
a conga
through the garden

across the rose petal
yellow beads roll
...cascade transparently

bikinis
in the garden
apples blushing

empty wine-bottle -
snail
for a cork

a break in the rain -
swifts
loop-the-loop

elder berries
bulging bright
...sparrows' eyes

wind through the trees -
the ragged edge
of a blackbird's song

outside the exam-hall
the passion flower's
intricacies