Simply 6 Minutes

There is a female cardinal who is always the first at the feeder before dawn, and last at the feeder at dusk. Her punctual “cheep cheep” bookends my day. She is out there right now, and is the inspiration for this post. If birds did Halloween: Cardinals could be cardinals of the Catholic kind. Or […]

All Month

the persistence of squirrelsas the maple tree shadows become thinner our furnace caws awakewhile the crows out back pick through cracked corn a new moon rises at 11 a.m.will the tomatoes still ripen? all monthI reada poem of repetition