Gentle Breeze

gentle breeze
the smell of fresh-baked bread
through the library window

AJP

a sudden hush
can you hear the rustle of the bud's opening?

MA

Wyoming plain
on the new seedlings
the cattle graze

MB

a highway cuts a furrow
in the rich sod

BT

no moon
my pockets empty
after the card game

AJP

children cup their hands
to hold captured insects

KI

your halter hides
a dragonfly tattoo
a glimpse of pink and green

MA

now that she's gone
noticing how big the bathtub is

MB

falling on paper
making the writing difficult
a slosh of sake

KI

rusted cider-press
a shuttered barn long abandoned

SS/AJP