five directions to my house – after Juan Felipe Herrera, Jay McCoy, Sherry Chandler and others
1.
on summer solstice
follow a murder of crows
find the greenest spot 
with your Ariel vision
behind the wooden gate
midnight butterflies dance

2.
in October
go explore on gingko street
steeped in yellow
follow rows of sycamore
trees who stretch white branches
into blueluminous sky

3.
be careful
if it’s April you may be
enchanted
by fields of dandelions
vast lawns of violets
you may never go home

4.
climb inside
the fairy tree where children
learn to speak
elven languages run
widdershins round a brick walled
garden wander farther

5.
open the gate
enter the cottage
if I hear you
I might swift vanish
follow the crow’s call

6.
Beware of all the butterflies at midnight.