#1

plump buds
burst in April rains
first love

#2

letters
unopened
left there to rot
on musky satin sheets
my heart

#3

perched
she leaps
pulled beneath
rushing water
I wonder if she left a note

#4

old
woman
wandering
long white-washed halls
supper's ready - mama's
calling

#5

monday's wash
on the clothesline out back
lives unfurled

I etch your name
in the window's jeweled glaze
with a butcher knife