outside
the chestnut forest –
not looking back
 

empty bottles
last night is so far    
...from here
 

shade garden
a Dickinson poem    
etched on a log
 

wind waving
goodbye for now . . .
tobacco leaf
 

her eyes
when I take her side  . . .  
dandelions

Lucas Stensland's an American living in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His poems have appeared in a variety of publications including: American Tanka,  Frogpond, Ribbons, The Heron’s Nest, Notes From the Gean, Presence, and Roadrunner