lazy afternoon-
in and out of the sprinkler
children’s voices
-Stanford M. Forrester

water sprinkler-
the rainbow
on my tongue
-Johnette Downing

blue popsicles-
the children
compare tongues
-Stanford M. Forrester

playing house-
a pasta dish sprinkled
with red leaves
-Emiko Miyashita

from house
to barn:
the milky way
-Lee Gurga

home from school
her stories one after another
out of her backpack
-Randy Brooks

the teacher’s drawer
has a frog in it
the class very quiet
-Karma Tenzing Wangchuk

piano lesson
her braids outdo
the metronome
-Peggy Lyles

a whole note
suspended
full moon
-Karel Sloane

dark bayou-
a fish jumps
through the moon
-Johnette Downing

across the fish tank
a child’s
eyes
-Johnette Downing

the sea
in one swallow-
the jellyfish
-Stanford M. Forrester

bubbles
from the fountain
goldfish eyes
-Johnette Downing

winter beach
an empty shell
holds the sound
-Peggy Lyles

conch shell
curled in the wave
of her hand
-Tom Painting

carousel-
a wave, again
and again
-Johnette Downing

cereal box-
the toy submarine
at the bottom
-Stanford M. Forrester

pushing
the clouds away
my oar
-Johnette Downing

sibling rivalry-
my sister
always wrong
-Stanford M. Forrester

big brother’s grin . . .
the last piece of the puzzle
out of his pocket
-Randy Brooks

the boy’s smirk
in his pocket
a fat frog
-Karma Tenzing Wangchuk

summer afternoon-
the cricket leaves his voice
here and there
-Stanford M. Forrester

milkweed flower—
butterfly flutters and lands
flutters and lands
-Lee Gurga

pink tutus
fluttering in the wind
spring butterflies
-Johnette Downing

origami class-
a butterfly on the window
unfolds its wings
-Stanford M. Forrester

on the clothesline
a butterfly
dries his wings
-Johnette Downing

as the light fails
still hammering
from the tree house
-Lee Gurga

summer night
we turn out all the lights
to hear the rain
-Peggy Lyles

the woods
twinkle
firelies
-Johnette Downing

lights out…
the firefly
inside
-Peggy Lyles

concluding
the sentence
tiny spider
-Samantha Klein

buttercups-
a child’s yellow
nose
-Johnette Downing

I smell it
then see it
the camel
-David Lanoue

dog walk-
the zig zag
of scents
-Johnette Downing

at the zoo
hundreds of eyes
watching peacocks
-Johnette Downing

kite festival
a dragon
eats a cloud
-Stanford M. Forrester

windy afternoon-
the cat pounces from
one leaf to another
-Stanford M. Forrester

somersaulting
over the wide lawn
the playful leaves
-Samantha Klein

it’s a rough road
slug
on a pinecone
-David Lanoue

first snow
the scarecrow wears
a new coat
-Stanford M. Forrester

snow piling up
in the playground swings-
crescent moon
-Stanford M. Forrester

snowflake
against cold glass
cat’s paw
-Peggy Lyles

snow day-
the neighborhood covered
in angels
-Stanford M. Forrester