late afternoon
on the red brick wall
a strip of sunlight

sound of sirens
on the high lamppost
two collared doves

homeward bound...
it’s only raining on
one side of the road

dark rain...
the day bounces back
with a burst of sunlight

lazy afternoon...
a bee drifts up and down
the window pane

river—at a bend
the water becomes
stone-thrown ripples

      between
   sun-filled clouds
a vivid quarter moon