1
an even stitch
through gauzy winter mist
birds of a feather /ey
2
by turns a chill wind
fills the nest and empties it /ha
3
down at the harbour
fishermen are waiting for
the tide to change /cw
4
some cash floats out of
her card from granddad
/fw
5
soft moonlight
two badgers side by side
in a rustic bower /dp
6
we breakfast on bacon
and freshly picked mushrooms /pc
1 (7)
all morning long
Alice carves turnip lanterns
tongue stuck out /cw
2 (8)
a quick trip to the store
for glow-in-the-dark band-aids /jrs
3(9)
up the bluff road
a jogger overtakes me
panting
/ey
4 (10)
bittersweet thoughts
of the love I left behind /cs
5 (11)
no tears left
for this AIDS quilt square
blue as the summer sky /jrs
6 (12)
a hot air balloon
freed of its tethers
/hj
7 (13)
the beached dolphin
returned to open water
swims in circles /dp
8 (14)
Mr. Bun the Baker
stops for a chat /pc
9 (15)
face to face
a Buddha's golden statue
and the sugar moon /fw
10 (16)
I find myself
in every soap bubble /ha
11 (17)
under the trees
we discover a patch
of pink purslane /cw
12 (18)
Fibonacci numbers
give us a clue to life /dp
1
(19)
folks swoon
to the old time melodies
of the Happy Hammond
/hj
2 (20)
through the telescope
shines a newborn star /ha
3 (21)
daggers of sunlight
framing the spiral
on the hidden stone /jrs
4 (22)
across the frozen moor
not a word between them
/dp
5 (23)
on rice paper
love takes thirteen strokes
one oozing over another
/ey
6 (24)
it translates as
beauty is without age /cw
7 (25)
the white lady
on her moonlit jaunt
drifts through a wall /fw
8 (26)
cattails shimmer
along the bog's edge
/cs
9 (27)
men on ladders
are passing down baskets
of Laxton's Fortune /dp
10 (28)
the weightlifter's grunt
fills the auditorium /hj
10 (29)
a recital of
Chopin's Piano Nocturnes
at five AM /ha
12 (30)
days before his birthday
he asks again "how many sleeps?" /hj
1
(31)
promises to keep...
webs of green grass spiders
sparkle here and there /ey
2 (32)
the sun-softened asphalt
snares my sandal /jrs
3 (33)
a legion of soldiers
marching briskly along
towards home /fw
4 (34)
hand reared lambs
in search of a new shepherd
/pc
5 (35)
our sleeves get wet
as we gather plum blossoms
from the shallow stream /ha
6 (36)
through low moving clouds
fields ready for planting /cs
