David Ferguson
"Icarus #8", 1990

A coyote's sun spark
Burns off a field mouse's fog
Life's weather or not

Shattered red petals
Blood rose pile shaped by fall winds
Altar to the sun

Left in a sandbox
Broken ranks of toy soldiers
Wait for their orders

Blurred chipmunk running
Wanting to lose it's shadow
In a hawk's heartbeat

Five ducks framed by clouds
Strobed between wing beats and death
Round the bend dogs bark

James Evans,
Hawk

Westwind Studios,
Lakeside Birdhouse

Weathered dock on watch
For skiffs that never anchor
Form without function

Scarfed ledge quarry cracks
Like a sponge squeezed dry too long
Welcome a cloudburst