Morning, Noon, and Night in Prescott

javelina hike 
to a cactus-filled Thumb Butte
to start the morning
a Whiskey Row lunch
Watson Lake under blue skies
for the afternoon
my daughter’s new friends 
soon to be her new roommates:
a perfect evening

Coronadas

a new Corona 
three years after quarantine
back to wilderness
girls’ trip for spring break 
to collect our Subaru
and meet our sister
miracle arches 
connect the past and future
with hope for this life

Hold Up the Sky

your bucket list waits
for a ‘delicate’ sunset,
a breathtaking arch
your children await
at the top of a boulder
with the perfect view
a lifetime awaits
at the end of vacation
yet memories last