Essential Elements

steel heron
waits by stone bowl
filled with rain

Sewn

the spider’s thread
with tensile strength of steel
stitches dawn to day

Raptor

A steel bird of prey
scours the landscape
hunting abandoned cars.

Railroad Tie

Steel and oak.
Strength at rest.
Endurance is often silent.

Steel Goat

Glimmering in the sun.
Bewildering birds.
Hungering for fenders.