NUMBER 31

What Would You Rather Hear (I'm Just Asking)?

what
would you
rather hear?

the short sound
of an apple
on a plate

or the long sound
of a tree limb
falling all day
to the ground?

Number 30

Nature Morte

a vase
is becoming
bone

still

with its life
leaving

without
the support of
apple
or artichoke

in these
absences
will fall
into dust

Number 29

Keeping Up With Covid-19

another day
and more statistics
the numbers come at you
like ballistics

what are the virus's
characteristics?
are they changing?
ask the mystics.

ask the doctors
who hope they know
whether it's red
or green to go.

ask the pundits
to be precise
as they tighten
the vise

Number 28

Spring Poem

the spring rain
stops
and it feels like
never again

after the rain
there is no more
noise left

trucks and cars
pass
silent as clouds

a man
walking his dog
tries to whistle
and can't

the first bulbs
shimmer into the air
with no applause
or beaming