Late-August dreaming:
 
I filch a ripe purple plum
 
from a bowl of fruit.

 
 

Summer evening snack—
 
I reach for the ripest plum
 
in the clean, white bowl.

 
 
 

Into a white bowl
 
a waterfall of Wheaties
 
cascades from the box.

 
 
 

Autumn offerings—
 
I place three ripe persimmons
 
in a cracked white bowl.

 
 
 

summer morning treat—
 
red cherries from a white bowl
 
to nibble with tea

Bowl

 
 
 

plastic water bowl
 
cradling summer’s bloodred moon—
 
old dog drinks his fill

Mangos

 
 
 

Near the kitchen sink
 
three mangos in a white bowl
 
draw clouds of fruit flies.

Tea

 
 
 

bowl of jasmine tea—
 
fragrances of east and west
 
mingling in the steam

Milk

 
 
 

first weekend of spring—
 
pouring milk into a bowl
 
for the feral cats

Tea

 
 

he and his mistress
 
sipping from the same tea bowl—
 
first day of autumn