He sits on the bed

Yet night - staring at the floor

Nothing but aching

The beautiful loops

Suns swirling in everything

Without night or day

From a tree

I will give you shade

Lend seeds of generation

Remind you of spring

 A bird on the bough

Gives voice to the morning

Singing to be heard

 Behold the array!

Layers of far flowing light

Each star its own time

Riding a blue draft

The vulture tilts its broad span

Circling - searching

 Thanks to the insects

Facilitators of life

Vital multitudes 

 Having done their work

Leaves relax and surrender

The roots will sustain 

 From how far away

Can they smell baneful decay

The stench of hubris

 The osprey nest is gone

Undone by time and weather 

Did the chicks fledge first?

 Allow no fences

Henceforward to far fortunes

Trust in the expanse

 Leathered by the sun

Bent by the weight of his life

Headed over there

 

       Remains of the rain

    Inheritance of the clouds

    Two oak leaves afloat

 all the small new things

unnoticed but for their green

glad to be alive

Thunder shakes the house 

It's raining up the mountain

Call the dog inside

 A black and white blaze

It crouches - fixes a stare

And the whole flock turns 

 his destination

no farther than he can see

one stride at a time

 It’s an easy ride

Shining sky and passing pines

Exit 201

 From a Birch Mouse

When the barn owl hunts

If you see it let me know

And I will stay still

Quiet varnished cliffs

Imprinted by ancient hands

We see what they saw

 I’ve had good fortune 

To be planted in rich soil

With plenty of rain

 All comes as it will

When the student is ready

The teacher appears

 What’s that on the roof 

A quick edacious squirrel 

Stashing for winter

Make it always now

Go slowly in the forest

Bathe in its embrace

The patterns of nature

The fern - snowflake- succulent

Replicate fractals

 Without a goodbye 

On a crisp day in autumn

The finches were gone

The elderly man

Sentimental by nature

Waited for the dawn

 Bees beavers and birds

 The masters of construction 

Pure geometry

 Fire burns in the cave

Mammoths dance on the walls

Dreams of the pursuit