night bus…
a handprint fills
with moonlight

-Paul Chambers

late summer heat…
a cow knee-deep
in the irrigation ditch

-Paul Chambers

mist burnt back
a horse grazing
at the edge of the floodplain

– Paul Chambers

magnolia scent…
sunlight in the hairs
along my son’s ear

-Paul Chambers

faint south wind
a twitch of muscle
in the bull’s shoulder

-Paul Chambers

midsummer dusk
a boy rides the farm gate
shut

-Paul Chambers

river bridge the distance of my prayer

-Paul Chambers

faint evening snow
the heron’s dive
deepens the cold

-Paul Chambers

lengthening light
a fallen elm
bridges the stream banks

-Paul Chambers