Ken Wagner

08-06-21

Hiker’s reward
Big sky, whisky, and a
highland cow

Brief colors
Summers on the
Alaskan lake

Butterfly rises
The smell
of lavender

We stood close
under your umbrella
The honeysuckle

Dive bar
Photos of bison, bulls, and a young
Johnny Rotten

Pigeons flutter
Each flash
of the fireworks

Chewing
and listening
Rabbits

Chewing
and sniffing
Bears

Chewing
and spitting
Uncle James

Elephants cluster
Crossing the dry
river bed

Spanish moss
in the darkening swamp
Water in my shoes

Spanish moss
Water in my shoes
in a darkening swamp

Moving shadows
Windsurfer leans over
the choppy bay