Hour 1

magic hour
sunset over a marsh
a loon’s call

Hour 2

repurposed school bus
a child’s laughter still echoes
memories never lost

Hour 3

world traveler returns
time moved forward relentlessly
life’s upside down

Hour 4

winter snows
covering the lover’s bench
rocky outcroppings

Hour 5

ocean wave
just a wall drawing any yet,
is there more

Hour 6

yellow leaves falling
collecting windshields signal
autumn’s approach

Hour 7

empty hallways
doors and windows closed
loneliness lurks here

Hour 8

a bird in a cage
is it more imprisoned
than the watcher

Hour 9

ghosts of past lives
stand on the lonely hillside
each other’s company

Hour 10

shadows appear across
green fields of spring grasses
do earthworms miss the sun

Hour 11

all’s right with the world
when the sleeping cat yawns
everyone can rest

Hour 12

words can hurt or heal
let my words be healing ones
cut out to be saved forever

Hour 13

sand dollar on the beach
can I take you home with me
the scent of sea, a memory

Hour 14

butterfly, butterfly
sipping nectar in my garden
flap your wings, launch tornadoes

Hour 15

winter sun on bare limbs
tightly closed buds waiting
waiting for spring escape

Hour 16

midnight blackness, a distant globe
so close you seem, I reach out
to touch man’s first step to the stars