Haze
A dove that began calling before dawn
Has kept it up for hours,
The gray song of a gray bird in gray air.
So far—no answer.
Don Thompson has been writing about the San Joaquin Valley for over fifty years, including a dozen or so books and chapbooks. Retired from teaching in a prison, he lives with his wife, Chris, on her family's fourth generation farm near Buttonwillow. For more info and links to publishers, visit his website at www.don-e-thompson.com.
