Even though I do not write as often as I did when I started 1000 Paper Cranes, inspiration strikes me on occasion, as it did on a recent rainy day. Here is a poem inspired by walking my dogs, as I daily do, after a downpour.
"Bougainvillea Scatterplot"
pink bougainvillea
scattered across the sidewalk after rain
with weak correlation
pink bougainvillea,
not unlike freckles,
thoughts,
or stars --
scattered across space
with weak correlation
pink bougainvillea
like freckles,
thoughts,
and stars,
are beautiful,
random things
pink bougainvillea
scattered across the sidewalk after rain