thinness
her eyelids
as I close them	

(Frogpond 31.2, 2008)






polka dots
farther apart
at the hips

(Frogpond 30.1, 2007)







withered chrysanthemum-
the warmth
of a tea cup		

(Frogpond 38.1, 2005)	




roofers next door
their shadows
work on my house	

(Bottle Rockets 8.1, 2006)







hurricane evacuee
scent
of a borrowed shirt	

(Nisqually Delta Review 2.1, 2006)