Butterfly

Yellow butterfly,

beware the hungry robin

eyeing you at noon.

Owl

Last days of the year—

somewhere a hungry barn owl

swoops down on a mouse.

Bedraggled scarecrow,

how many more hungry birds

can you keep at bay?

a map of the world

showing every blackbird nest

with its hungry brood

a hungry brown mouse

nosing around for morsels

among the ruins

pear tree past its prime

still a blossom here and there

luring hungry bees

first night of winter

beside the ship-hungry sea

her ululation