Summer afternoon—
 
a birdbath without water
 
still attracts a crow.

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Languid afternoon—
 
near the steaming compost heap
 
a dove leaves her song.

 
 
 

August afternoon—
 
a yellow marigold blooms
 
in an old blue pot.

 
 
 

Languid afternoon—
 
a pilgrim pillows her head
 
on a smooth, round stone.

 
 
 

Sizzling afternoon—
 
the Mexican gardener
 
quarrels with a crow.

 
 
 

Summer afternoon—
 
sunlight dapples the floorboards
 
of a vacant house.

 
 
 

Languid afternoon—
 
two old men walk hand in hand
 
through the rose garden.