June 7: Chill

climate change

unseasonably cold night

in an empty bed

June 6: Poppies

overcast afternoon

the urge to pick

my neighbor’s orange poppies

June 5: Phoebe

neighborhood

phoebe’s regular perch

on our lawn chair

June 4: Farmstand

farmstand sign:

fiddleheads, tick repellent

early strawberries

June 3: Weeding

weeding the garden

which flowers live

and which die

June 2: Catbird seat

freedom of choice

sitting on the porch

to listen to the catbird

June 1: Double feature

1

that time again

purple irises

along the old white shed

2

that time again

I’d forgotten 

there were all these flowers