magic carpet
she makes room
for me

-Frank Hooven

winter moon
dad’s watch
in my sock drawer

-Frank Hooven

a soft scrape of leaves
in the mail truck’s wake
blue afternoon

-Frank Hooven

unhurried notes
from his old sax
two-deep at the street corner

-Frank Hooven

a frayed string
on the attic light
deep winter

-Frank Hooven

father’s day
fishing lines crossed
in the shallows

-Frank Hooven

clearing sky
wind ruffles the water
in a little red wagon

-Frank Hooven

spring evening
a blink of the rabbit’s eye
releases me

-Frank Hooven

artist’s studio
a musty sofa
bathed in light

-Frank Hooven

news of a passing
the old furnace
rumbles on

-Frank Hooven