toads, lacking Tinder
or text messages, croak their
inquiries: “u up?”
Tag: outdoors
21 February 2022
leashed cat steps on grass
he looks upon each day, ex-
-ploring in safety
20 November 2021 – II
bird hunted for break-
-fast next to coffee shop where
I’d order my own
20 November 2021 – I
awake before the
farmers’ market closed, I bought
bread as a reward
5 November 2021 – I
squirrel eats pumpkin
decorations, a welcome
break from endless nuts
6 September 2021
this Baja Blast Freeze
was thawed by summer heat and
the warmth of friendship
4 September 2021
longer than an oak
leaf, slug full of abundant
summer bugs seeks more
2 September 2021
dog sniffs late summer
flowers, prey, and rivals in
cool air after storm
1 September 2021
neighbor, nude and fur-
-ry and rain-wet, nuzzles my
knee with their whole face
25 August 2021
slug considered on-
trend cicada dinner when
Brood X emerged, died