July 1st

gentle dusk-
a moth just short
of lamplight


July 2

in a place
only my lover would know...
mosquito bite


July 3rd

fertility shrine
the woodpile covered
in ants


July 4th

taoist moon-
her rising giggle
after sex


July 5th

thunder clap-
the hurried jingle
of goat bells


July 6th

canned peach-
an inbox love note
unread


July 7th

endless heat-
a gnat cloud splits
in two


July 8th

      summer
        dark
          in
         the
       space
     between
       renga
         us


July 9th

moon phase-
a week's goatee
in the sink


July 10th

stillness an eternity of cicada song


July 11th

stardust-
spiderlings burst
into twilight


July 12th

fighting pose-
ancient saguaro
at dawn


July 13th

inner peace-
a spot of guano
on the stone buddha


July 14th

black magic-
bullfrog sex
in the reeds


July 15th

after rain the birdbath leaking song


July 16th

sunbaked path-
bitterness
in his words


July 17th

dawn-
without contacts
her distant smile


July 18th

deeper thrust...
black snake's glide
into darkness


July 19th

humid night-
beneath our weight
wild mushrooms


July 20th

must be summer-
fruit flies
in the peach bin


July 21st

from flight to frog dragonfly


July 22nd

beyond
our sparring match-
loon cry


July 23rd

still nursing
my ego-
new moon


July 24th

barely dawn
the first pot of tea
boiling


July 25th

ducks
        landing
                  on the moon


July 26th

wet grass-
the first breath
of a kitten


July 27th

sabbath day
pulling milkweed
at the root


July 28th

moon viewing her shape in bed


July 29th

tombstone-
deeper gray
sky


July 30th

still
inside you...
dawn


July 31st

day fading all at once cicadas