Monthly Archives: May 2025

May31

 
 
 

May exhausts itself
 
like someone pruning roses
 
sunrise to sunset.

May30

 
 
 

A heavy spring rain
 
muffles the town’s carillon
 
as it chimes the hours.

May29

 
 
 

The fence we replaced
 
only last spring—already
 
it is tottering.

May28

 
 
 

on a cold spring night
 
the sad and lonely moaning
 
of a passing freight

May27

 
 
 

A heavy rain falls
 
after Memorial Day—
 
thirsty roses drink.

May26

 
 
 

Memorial Day—
 
at a fallen soldier’s grave
 
someone leaves a doll.

May25

 
 
 

A gentle rain falls
 
before Memorial Day—
 
seeds I’ve planted swell.

May24

 
 
 

Holiday weekend—
 
soldiers who died in battle
 
disconcert my dreams.

May23

 
 
 

Unsettled weather—
 
my pink and white peonies
 
keep their blossoms furled.

May22

 
 
 

Safe and warm in bed,
 
I dream of one more journey
 
to the spring mountains.