Arthur Tress,
Flood Dream,
Ocean City, NJ
1971

Night tide surges slow
Newborn spirit lacking sight
Stilling sea bird cries

Half gale's sharp wires
Ripping whale sized choppy swells
Undercut the beach

Guarding the back path
Wind tagged hung lanterns leap frog
Over dancing ghosts

Cloud cargos of sleet
Heavy autumn westerlies
Nip the windward side

Toronagashi,
Paper Lantern Floating,
A-Bomb Dome, Hiroshima

Eugene Atget,
Joueur d'Orge,
1899

Breaking up the night
Dawn shatters on mossback cliffs
Sets buzzards soaring

Sculpted pink sandstone
Lichen encrusted fissures
Embraced in pale daybreak

Pebble in a boot
Circus calliope steams
Twins of two mothers