5.9

grey whiteness of clouds above shadowed

ridge, quail calling from field in left

foreground, no sound of wave in channel

      wall of building fill most

      of space, adjacent to

      there stages antecedent to

      step by step, picture

clouds above shoulder of shadowed ridge,

gull gliding to the left toward channel

5.8

light coming into clouds above shadowed

ridge, towhee calling in field in right

foreground, no sound of wave in channel

      some shift of line by means

      other than effect, is

      it that matter becomes zero,

      imagine, follows from

grey white clouds above shadowed ridge,

cormorant flapping across toward point

5.7

light coming into sky above black plane

of ridge, first bird chirping on branch

in foreground, sound of wave in channel

      primordial thinking, begins

      with “in the meantime”

      changeable, fast-moving sky,

      barely suggests light

clouds above shadowed shoulder of ridge,

great blue heron gliding toward horizon

5.6

light coming into sky above still black

ridge, planet next to black pine branch

in foreground, sound of wave in channel

      might have been, appearance

      which is misconceived

      since there exists no proof

      for it, color, “in it”

clouds above shadowed shoulder of ridge,

clouds on horizon across from the point