from Field Notes

The smallness of this

colloquial cannot

muffle the full morning orchestra—

amphibious greens

clotting the trickle

of thaw. The tinny

fin flip and eyeflake flash—

small schools that

give shimmer in the dull

skulk of wind.

)

(cry one

               pure perennial

                               I can’t

doubt)

(something by which to)

               where we are

wearing our

belts

a little tighter—

)

rotted out boat

bottom:

               the boat

will stay afloat

as long as you pretend to

                                       row

)

In meadows

let alone,

gravid stems

erupt—

hale

yellows.

)

Gravid stems

erupt.

The hale

yellows pale once

they’re plucked.