My neighbor’s daughters
 
keep practicing soccer moves—
 
shimmering heat waves.

 
 
 

With no umbrella,
 
a father and daughter walk
 
in the freezing rain.

 
 
 

Second day of May—
 
wind ruffles the plum tree’s leaves
 
and my daughter’s hair.

Crow

 
 
 

A crow sits atop
 
my daughter’s jack-o’-lantern,
 
warning me away.

Tooth

 
 
 

Over fresh coffee,
 
the man with a missing tooth
 
smiles at his daughter.

Kite

 
 

Snagged in the treetop,
 
my daughter’s brand-new red kite
 
poses as a leaf.

Daughter

 
 
 

telling all her dreams
 
to the barnyard chicks and hens—
 
daughter of the plains

Chisel

 
 
 

stonecutter’s chisel
 
how to sharpen the question
 
he asks his daughter

Balloon

 
 
 

an orange balloon
 
slipping from my daughter’s hand—
 
autumn’s first full moon

Barefoot

 
 
 

selling straw sandals
 
the beggar’s only daughter
 
barefoot in the snow