Author: cfblack
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haiku for the first of December
it is long past due shedding old expectations a snake’s skin outgrown 12-1-21
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Habanero
The way a pepper hurts some people or attracts and challenges others The way my humor hurts some people or attracts and challenges others The way some love or hate to cook or foster lovers and pets that don’t survive as long as they do The way you look good in earth tones and I…
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11/24 haiku
dad’s old hat warms head hoarfrost dances paisley patterns dress in layered clothes 11-24-21
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Urban renewal
Cleaning what remains of summer You pick up an old board Move it to the curb for the city to haul away a lethargic anole clings to the underside Hoping the morning may warm it enough To gather its senses and find another place Where it can sleep off the tilting away from sun you…
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Waiting for the punchline
Last night, I slept in and did not get up to watch the longest Beaver Moon I did not stand and wonder if an ancestor got up in the middle of the night six hundred years ago to stare at a Beaver moon I figure six hundred years from now some restless descendants can roust…
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haiku at the corner of Brandon Avenue & Landon Lane
sit still and listen while leaves discuss transcendence as they fall to ground 11-18-21
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AARP
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The retired Pied Piper tried to forget What he did to village children Sat on a park bench and thought There was much to learn from a pond: The way it does not flee away to the sea The way reflected clouds and trees don’t pollute water The way a stone will skip before it…
