Are we so prideful

That wealth must come at the cost

Of those who have least

 Stillness of the pond

Belies its vitality

Nature's artfulness

Flashing - undaunted

Bold lancers of the garden

Hummingbirds on guard!

 Beckoning brown eyes

Patient anticipation

Canine persuasion

 Mostly ears and legs

Dappled to conceal its youth

Invisible fawn

 To juke the rhythm

To make the song swing with soul

Stay behind the beat

 Who first made the claim

All that lies within these bounds

Is by my rights mine

 The doe stands and waits

Her fawn wobbles to its feet

And finds mother’s milk

 Why I cheer the rain

Its chill and song and essence

Life in every drop

 The awful sunset

Made brilliant by distant fires

Smoke ablaze again

 To places afar

Beyond the last horizon

Only condors see

 Colony of ants

Freely cooperative

We could learn from them

 Roiling - thundering

Shuddering a dark redoubt  

How angry the sky

 He passes in fog

She’s seated at the window 

But does not look up

 There is a fine line

Between admire and envy 

Desire and craving

 She is the morning 

Always  waking - arousing

Accepting the sun

 The pecking order

Crow - jay - junco - nuthatch - finch

Until the hawk soars

Psithurism

Golden in the gloam

The pine tops sway to the wind

Whispering “good night”

 This lively morning

Of gaiety all at once

This moment in May

 There once was a time

If you had to reach someone

'Twas at home or church

 Nothing too common

The charm of ordinaries

Pebble, moss, and spider

 words of no one born

leave inspiration in doubt

for expedience

 Regal hollyhock

Crowned with black-red diadems

Queen of the garden

 Embrace common good

Bask in the warmth you will feel

Deeply in your soul

Hopefully restful

 How revealing is our sleep

Memories exhumed

 Take care and slow down

Hold the door for a stranger

A smile and a nod

To the ancestors

Alters of fond remembrance

Path of  marigolds

 Alarm of thunder

Dogs are barking at the sky

The birds become still

 July afternoon

The forest suddenly steams

A shocking cold rain

 The sky cracks its whip

Thunder caroms off the hills

The monsoon arrives!

Napping on the lawn

 A quick breeze breaks the fever

Afternoon relief