Cinquain
Wharf at
Manzanillo, 1974
after the
painting by Milford Zornes
The fog
covers empty—
the wharf creaks your footsteps
no longer there, rowboat anchored
alone.
Mt. San
Jacinto, 1959
after the painting by Milford Zornes
A veil
of cumulus
hides your shy mountain face.
Crops to plant, protect me from your
beauty.
Tanka
button clatter
from mother's jar
as she mends shirts
lost dreams
of pebble beaches
the iris
are drying
by the zig-zag bridge
I breathe it all in,
slowly exhale
