Aspen

Silver-green spangled
Leaves tremble like castanets
Atop smooth white bark

Pastoral anachronism

Holsteins idle at
River's edge, a Dutch landscape
Near the interstate

First color

What color is an
Infant's first room, mother's womb,
Ripe pomegranate?

Lisa's breakfast

"THIS is my kind of
Cereal!" she beams, mouth full
Of Rice-Crispy treat

A river runs through

Born via water,
Evolved from it, embodied
Stream of consciousness

Sunday afternoon at the creek

Wade to the middle:
Feel primordial sludge 'tween
Toes, slip on slick stone