Wind in the black oak:
the sound of rain.
The sound of rain: 
wind in the black oak.

Swallows chasing hayfield air:
air above the hayfield 
flows after violet swallows.

Oriole in yellow blossoms: 
sky before sunrise.
Black bee in the poppy: 
persimmon on a black branch.

Question in the dove call: 
wonder and grief.
The call of grief as
the mourning dove wonders.

Whisper of silver on the grasses:
the silver whisper 
of a well-heard word
made of ephemeral air.