On a whitewashed wall
 
a leaf from the maple tree
 
leaks out its redness.

 
 
 

On the garden wall
 
a meandering slug leaves
 
a trail of bright slime.

 
 
 

A blue-handled broom
 
rests against a redbrick wall
 
after sweeping leaves.

Wall

 
 
 

Pelting autumn rain—
 
on the memorial wall
 
the names grow fainter.

Melons

 
 
 

First day of summer—
 
melons near the garden wall
 
fatten in the sun.

Dandelions

 
 
 

Despite the deep drought,
 
seven dandelions bloom
 
against the stone wall.

Geraniums

 
 
 

red geraniums
 
holding court with brown sparrows
 
near the garden wall

Singing

 
 
 

on a whitewashed wall
 
blackbird with a broken wing
 
singing up the sun

Gap

 
 
 

a gap in the wall
 
of an old mountain cabin
 
stuffed with raven’s cry

Wall

 
 

Through his bedroom wall
 
Van Gogh hears ten thousand stars
 
calling him by name.