On the hydrangeas

the weight of the morning sun

the evening sun


---Otsuyu


your cotton shirt
pressed against my cheek --
above us pine needles tap stars

(revised 6/17)

2 comments:

diana l. said...

I love the sensory images but think that the last line could be shortened up a bit.

Kelly M. said...

thanks for the suggestion! did a little revising -- :-)