21 May 2025 (green lights)

green lights

all the way home —

sun on new leaves

20 May 2025 (lifting fog)

lifting fog . . .

the revelation

of green

13 May 2025 (new leaves)

new leaves the green in a warbler’s song

8 May 2025 (leaf buds)

leaf buds unfurling the ecstasy of chimney swifts

20 October 2023 (this field)

this field an altar burning leaves

10 October 2023 (falling leaves)

falling leaves the river returns

8 October 2023 (the French word)

the French word for summer

a homonym of “was”

yellow leaves

1 June 2022 (loudly)

loudly

with the radio song

sun on new leaves

23 April 2022 (never alone)

never alone

on the forest trail

rustling leaves

11 April 2022 (green)

spring river

the green of new leaves

the green of moss

6 October 2021 (leaves)

gathering

the first yellow leaves

spruce boughs