Some Out There

Owl Entrée

From quill to kill

in sweepstake thrill,

claw talon spike

in skin-pierce strike,

flight banking over strata flanks

of wheaten grain blades,

beige laid sky,

oatmeal for rodents, stubble, chaff.

Turning Leaves

Autumn twist, book turning leaves,

couched low, cup at lip,

wright reading, transforms my sight.

Outside green turns yellow, red,

dead brown come to life,

dry scraping brush will sound.

Volumes call from bowing shelves,

season’s cycle, nestle, turning leaves.

Swell

As even breeze moves parachutes,

copters spiral down from trees

tidings washing palm nut rafts -

long live the dead, unison,

for cycled seed renews itself.

Kernels wherein gene life celled,

core of morrow’s growth restored -

sun up; now is swell.

Blush

Juicy packs need friends about,

with laughter dripping, dripping mash,

strands and stringy orange pulp,

sip slipware sliding uncontrolled.

It's no wonder there’s blush,

hard stone hidden, brown, gold;

ways eating mango - cold and

frothy, mush-filled lassi glass.

Sum Flower

Agèd saint, facing east, prays,

sun-dried, bees, full pollen days,

from central disc, outer rays,

mystic maths laid, fulfilled blaze,

fruit in Fibonacci ways,

Fermat’s spiral interplays,

golden ratio displays,

anointing oil, final phase.