In the Kitittas by Joe Powell

Collages by Richard Denner

Ellensburg, 1988, 12 pp.

1

A flycatcher swoops

for the sluggish mosquito:

the day’s commerce starts

2

In the spring’s green pastel

the yellow-throated warbler

stirs no large shadows

3

Tonight

sitting alone

the moon comes up fast

4

My wife’s careful hands

are transplanting herbs,

what tea we shall make!