Charleston Harbor

At the end of the pier
An Evergreen ship rolls in.
A clipper sits at the dock.
Warships sleep forever at Patriot's Point.
Ferries and dinner cruises fill the harbor.
Fort Sumter is to the distant right.
Arthur Ravenel arches over to the left,
The cables of the bridge shining
On a sunny day in Charleston, S.C.

The Arthur Ravenel Bridge

Over the Cooper River
A rainbow of people
Becoming blue sky to Mount Pleasant
With wheels of bicycles,
By walking and running, driving vehicles
Over the shipping lane
To the place where the sun burns
The cables into and the spotlights
Fasten them back for a Charleston night.

On the Back Porch

As
the
sun
lays
down

the
shadows
of
clouds

come
and
go

as
the
magnolia
tells.

There
is
a
shady
coolness

like
a
wind
out
of
nowhere.

Nature's Afternoon Mail

The
box
is
dripping
sun

fresh
as
the
roses
on
the
shrub

after
nature's
afternoon
mail

sweetly
fell
from
a
cloud.