April 30: Drive-by

swirl of vultures and crows
in the field below
something we can't see

April 13: Driving stories

roadside memorials

counting crows

all the way to Vermont

April 1: Easter morning

resurrection

crow eats the dead mouse

then flies away

March 23: Mob

the crows are yelling

to come see an owl

but I’m late for work

March 7: Winter travel

change of plans
single crow on a bare branch
under falling snow

February 19: Tracking

life lessons

frozen hieroglyphics

of a crow’s tracks

January 30: Snowing

Swirling snow—

only the undaunted crows

remain visible.

January 26: To roost

Above the library—

learning how to read

the vast flock of crows. 

January 22: Spying

Black pieces on a white board—
what are the crows up to
across the river?

January 16: Crows

It’s not by accident

that three crows gather

in a tree over my head. 

December 26: Driving home

just ten degrees 

miles and miles of snowy fields

only one crow flying

December 23: Musée National de Beaux-Arts

Musée de beaux-arts—

watching a single crow

fly through blowing snow.

December 20: Three crows

Three crows perched low

waiting for whatever

is thrown from the mouse traps.

December 9: Snowstorm

Shadow government.

Three crows flying

in a city snowstorm.

November 18: Crabapple

Laden crabapple tree—

was it really the cause

of the crows’ racket?

November 2: All Soul’s Day

Two crows lift off

something dead on the roadside—

is this transmigration?

October 30: On Trail #9

Cathedral Woods.

Crow makes sure the others know

about the intruder. 

October 12: Cacophony

before the sun’s up

first crows, then a flock of geese

must you be so loud

October 8: Rainy Sunday

Lost in a book.

Out in the rain crows 

making a racket.

September 10: Long distance

Hurricane news.

Crows relaying calls

up and down the river.