August 10: End of day

dusk and rain falling

a single mourning dove

flying to its roost

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September 9: River nocturne

Dusk on the river--

goldfinches finish chatting

--was that a peeper?

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April 15: Home again

Ducks congregate at dusk.

We watch them together

from your living room.

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March 12: Panic

From the bar we watch

flocks of ducks scattering,

then the hawk.

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October 24: Crows at dusk

Dusk comes so soon now.

Perched on a bare, wet branch,

how big the crow looks.

August 21: Harbor

Dusk, Camden Harbor--

Osprey carries off a fish,

we wait to be seated.

August 4: Dusk

Sitting on the back step
while the cat grazes--
unexpected peace.

May 23: Monhegan twilight

Woodcock's sky dance--
lighthouse beam sweeping over
the two of us, the bird.

Monhegan Island, view from the lighthouse

Monhegan Island Light

April 20: Waiting for woodcocks at Lily Pond

At dusk, hoping to catch the woodcock aerial mating display. We hear turkeys gobbling, geese and ducks, peepers, robins, blackbirds, and cardinals, and catch a glimpse of an eagle chasing an osprey, but no woodcocks on this chilly night.

 

All at once, frogs switch on,

and one by one

Mars, Jupiter, stars appear.

 

 

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