the sunset rivals
the mimosa's pinks
as fireflies speckle the yard.

Lightning bugs rise up
as living sparks off the grass
on midsummer's eve. 

Sunshine and shadow
against a charcoaled cloud bank-
late June's stark contrast.

Solstice approaching
as raspberries ripening
in lingering dusk.

Tree of heaven holds
10,000, thousand blossoms
readying to fall.

On the June breezes-
tree-of- heaven blossoming,
wren's trilling, child's call.