Author: cfblack
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sunrise haiku
because light’s glare blinds stand in the shadows and watch motes dance with the wind 12-7-20
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Tercet in Black
A decade or so ago I met three high school students young black girls ready to burst I shared the stage, heard them read, become what I am not Removed from seeding pots, they went to college; roots need room to grow I catch glimpses on social media, they don’t need another unasked for opinion…
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Evolution of an artist
She laid in bed at night and complained , something is wrong with our child; her genetic donor rolled over and muttered, go to sleep tomorrow, we will fix its flaws _____ Norms mutate They don’t know why They just do _____ Grocery shoppers eat the beautiful, avoid bruised fruit Chuck, evolution doesn’t care about…
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The process
Before it disappears Write Revise Pull form from bone Set it free Before it disappears 12-3-20
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haiku for late autumn
sock hat, gloves and coat starry sky, walk in the dark crisp the silent night 12-2-20
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slow cooker
the last cricket played his bow I wondered if he knew night would bring a killing cold the moon was full and large but I did not stay outside to watch it wake and rise dinner simmers in the kitchen I read, ‘After Ruben’ by Francisco Aragon I smell it from my chair 12-1-20
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Dream #1,457 or Three Years, Eleven Months and Twenty-Seven Days
I dreamed he came running into my room Begging me to hide him; terrified, sweaty, breathing Hard as the girl running from an ugly death in the cemetery Of a horror movie. I said, relax your having a nightmare. It is probably All those late night burgers you eat; put down your phone and stop…
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Dream Sonnet with Invisible Beats
(if you are a form purist, read slowly and add invisible beats in your head) 4 am foggy, storm chases street light halos, uproots forest. Trees, like celery stalks drift slowly overhead, roots dancing free. Daylight comes, two mockingbirds pirouette among pansies, rise up on porch rail, fanned tail and wings show bands of bright…
