From Writing Notebook 2021, published in 2022.

359.
Golden beets
Peel. Cut into chunks.
Toss in oil
clack clack stirred
by quick spoons in a glass bowl.
Roast. Sweet like candy.
8/13/21

366.
Garter snake
snatched into the air
the hawk’s grip
sure and strong
practiced many times over.
The snake? just this once.
9/21/21

367.
the fox lopes
past my window he
sets up he
pounces he
grabs the chipmunk with his teeth
he never breaks stride
9/8/21