sunlight
through a hole in the shell
mother’s day necklace

-Paula Sears

a fluff of cattail
in the marsh wren’s beak
billowing clouds

-Paula Sears

sharing a handful
of wild blueberries
mountain sky

-Paula Sears

slow river
lingering longer
with the marsh marigolds

-Paula Sears

gentle rain
on the headstone . . .
distant wind bells

-Paula Sears

day-hatched chicks
in a cardboard box
his favorite flannel

-Paula Sears

buttercups
in a glass paperweight . . .
the love letter

-Paula Sears

only the locals
seashells full
of winter rain

-Paula Sears

wandering
the woodland trail . . .
trill of a pine warbler

-Paula Sears

trailing nasturtiums
a hummingbird dips
into the light

-Paula Sears