July 23: Baseball game

wild ducks in flight
lit by floodlights
of the baseball game

June 22: Peacock

rainy afternoon
from a sheltering pine
cries of a peacock

July 21: Cicada

cicada singing
call and response
with a band saw

July 20: Conjunction

summer night
conjunction
the moon Jupiter 

July 19: Cardinal

trying to sing louder
than the lawnmower
backyard cardinal

July 18: Garden tour

hermit’s garden
under the slender moon
bearberries ripening

July 17: My planet has roses

that childhood story
perfume of island roses 
beaded with fog

July 16: Eggplant

my favorite color
changing as I age
eggplant in a red bowl

July 15: Eggplant

afternoon storm 
for its beauty alone
we bought an eggplant

July 14: Mars

near-miss
Mars hanging red and bright 
above the highway

July 13: Morning cat

morning yoga
cat stretching
the length of my mat