16 October 2024 (autumn meadowhawk)

autumn meadowhawk the red of roadside sumacs

25 August 2024 (a meadowhawk returns)

a meadowhawk returns

to the perch he flushed from —

bent goldenrod

4 September 2023 (pond-side)

pond-side bench

conjoined dragonflies

join me

2 September 2023 (the weight)

the weight

of being human

crushed dragonfly

20 August 2023 (a dragonfly)

a dragonfly

the color of grass

lifting fog

20 August 2022 (high ozone)

high ozone alert . . .

a dragonfly patrols

the sea cliff’s edge

Wandering Glider at Burnt Head

19 August 2022 (half tide)

half tide . . .

a dragonfly pauses

on a spruce tip

Painted Skimmer at Lobster Cove

7 August 2022 (heat)

summer heat

the beguiling blue eyes

of a dragonfly

9 July 2022 (meadow)

over the meadow

one dragonfly becomes six

high noon

2 July 2022 (parking lot)

parking lot wildflowers . . .

I catch a dragonfly

with my phone

11 October 2021 (darner)

sunlit darner

I don’t always filter

what I say