Author: cfblack
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early morning haiku
did you just write this, if you didn’t take a photo? why leave it to chance? 3-2-21
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haikus for false Spring
sunny Sunday sun equinox dress rehearsal spring not far away sharp tongued blue jay sits resplendent in tree line beauty is a beast sun worshippers bask bodies lie along the shore turtles seeking warm three red and one brown two cardinals do not care two reds will be sad lengthening daylight slow tilt towards equator…
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Clamor of war
Dreadnaughts returned in triplicate Last year two menaced the coast Today six grey ships appeared Aggressively Leaned into cruising speed Loudly claim Territorial waters as their own Force Nesting mallard pair into shallows Greedy they soon will demand tribute Threaten non-compliant walkers with beaks During their previous tour of duty Two bred and raised and…
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deer haiku
at noon, city deerrealize daylight is too brightflee into dark woods 2-27-21
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Half Light
Before the sun wets horizon’s lip You sit in half light listening to birds call Back and forth I’m alive, I’m alive, I’m alive 2-25-21
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Camelia haiku
Camelia blooms red Petals bleed upon cold ground I mourn the blossoms 2-25-21
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Simple augury
Nesting bird high upon wall doesn’t care which side it gathers food to feed its young It needs to live and farmers’ snare or hunter’s gun won’t force it to choose and neither will your politics A pretty flag north or south it doesn’t matter much it only wants to feed its young and build…
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Morning side of acorn tree
Across the path along water’s edge on morning side of acorn tree Flits a shadow – I look left restless bird in bare bush White face, brown feathered cap ornithologists call it nut hatch Now two, flit on twiggy branches land, rise up and leap, again Why they chose this bush to dance I don’t…
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Gospel tree
not yet ready to lie down among leaves the tree knows death blows kisses in the wind offers its body a piece at a time to the living 2-23-21
