i love 

cats

friends in far places

dancing

smiling at the sun

running

closing my eyes at night

seeking resolution

parks

families celebrating occasions with piñatas

red checked table cloths over picnic tables overflowing with food and drink

all of them bad for you

words in the right order

lying on the beach on a sunny day

yellow and white striped beach towels

listening to the surf

watching surfers and pelicans

shore birds dodge waves

espying a porpoise or seal

tea with honey

all kinds of meat

except chicken and beef and lamb and pork

all kinds of seafood

except lobster and shrimp and mussels and clams and oysters and et cetera

fage yogurt with golden raisins, blueberries, and granola 

veggie burgers with everything 

watercress and morels

fresh 

from the spring and woods

especially if my dad surprises me with them

helping him build walkways 

with rocks he brings back from the fields and streams

that he sings so very, very badly while he works

winter

blondes, brunettes, red-heads

vixens with black hair or no hair from chemo or choice

a quiet girl from the north country

möbius strips

miley cyrus's version of lilac wine

lou reed's perfect day

the second movement of brahm's requiem

sunhae im and nikolay borchev

singing zerlina and masetto's duet in don giovanni

a kind word from anybody

the poems of rosalia de castro

han shan

writers on poetbay

imagination