Ken Wagner

09-08-21

Sandals left behind
Surf breaks
over the rocks

Paper boat
glides on the lake
The young boy wonders

Tugboat
pushes into harbor
The old man wishes

Camp fire
at night
As close as I can

Between us
The stars and
a camp fire

Open sky
Wire and post
cattle fence

Desert shade
Sparkling water
with lime

Branches dip
into the stream
Summer memories

Rooftop garden
Organic herbs grown
on the roof of a shack

Rooftop garden
Fair-skinned Herbert groans,
“The sunburn on my back!”

Rose blooms,
drops, dries, and blows
The bees

Flies flit
Dirt caked
on a bison’s back