A crow cawsan ode to cracked cornThe squirrel left with 2 peanuts at onceIt’s late Novemberno time for sharing
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All Month
the persistence of squirrelsas the maple tree shadows become thinner our furnace caws awakewhile the crows out back pick through cracked corn a new moon rises at 11 a.m.will the tomatoes still ripen? all monthI reada poem of repetition
Describe the sunset part 2
a hymnal at low tidea pronoun for Saharan dusta declaration from a sun dial’s fading battery
Describe the sunset
train whistlesmourning dovesproof time is forgeryyour mother’s smilethe artist coming home
2 Haiku
Late SeptemberOpossum on the fenceWatching me watching him Late Septemberonly the rainnot napping
Simply 6 Minutes
Yesterday a firefly flew beside us as we walked a small escort to the enchanted
Saturday morning at the lake
No cliffs in West Tennessee.No white sand beaches with conch or coral,but we had this at 9 a.m.A vulture landed within 2 feet of the dog,aloof and self composeddark feathered and hook-beaked.Pippa watched the bird,then looked back at menot at all aloof or self composed,but white furred and broad snouted.Apparently inspired by a heron overhead,the […]
Lightning
Last week the iris bloomed The lettuce sproutedRobins built a nest in the holly bush All it takes is one good lightning strikeAnd the world is summerYou know, it’s not the heatIt’s the humidity
tanka
the lake is aliveblue gill, catfish, large mouth bassbony gills breathingtwo atoms of hydrogenone atom of oxygen
Mockingbird Etude
The mockingbird singsevery morningand afternoonand evening The light pole where he sitsthe pinnacle of our streetand the closest pointto heaven or at leastthe cloudsthe upper atmosphere Melodramatic?SureRepetitive?Yep But his skills are first chairevery instrimenta winged symphonyof April surrender inspired by Blackbird Etude by A.E. Stallings
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