white bowl, purple plums,
 
song sparrow at my window—
 
kitchen pilgrimage

 
 
 

A soup of white beans
 
simmering on the burner—
 
time to fill my bowl!

 
 
 

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