Windy afternoon—
 
a feral cat seeks shelter
 
from the icy blasts.

 
 
 

On the mountain path
 
I seek a place to shelter—
 
autumn thunderstorm.

 
 
 

Despite autumn’s chill,
 
purple petunias still bloom
 
in a sheltered pot.

Shelter

 
 
 

The year’s second day—
 
in a castoff running shoe
 
a mouse takes shelter.

Crèche

 
 
 

Christmas Day blizzard—
 
a homeless man finds shelter
 
in the church’s crèche.

Sweater

 
 
 

The homeless shelter—
 
an old vet digs through the bins
 
for a blue sweater.

Seeking

 
 
 

Blackbird on the wing,
 
seeking shelter for the night,
 
will your flight be long?

Pelicans

 
 
 

frigid afternoon—
 
even the brown pelicans
 
shelter from the wind

Umbrella

 
 
 

purple umbrella—
 
sheltering under its arch
 
from the winter rain

Tornado

 
 
 

tornado shelter—
 
emerging after the storm
 
to find flattened wheat