I met a girl with amber eyes

that shone in the light.

Like stones
on a ring they garnered
one's attention.

She smiled easily
and made
a great cup of coffee.

Laguna Tide

Undulant
dark water falls
and rises
breaking effortless
on California sand

so smooth
appearing limitless
pale it shimmers
under a bright
three-quarter moon.

After William Carlos Williams

White frost glimmers
upon

frozen thin
branches

splayed like cold
fingers

awaiting warm
sunlight.

These days the light

of late afternoon slants
sharply across open fields
bringing brilliance
and celebrity
to stalks that stand
......................broken
disregarded in the snow.