Author: cfblack
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Oyster dressing
A daughter and a son sisters and brothers Nieces and nephews and assorted in-laws Will gather at noon with dishes of old family recipes At my baby sister’s house and I will not be there Never again will I pray over turkey with oyster dressing and pumpkin pie Never again will I watch mom taste…
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water’s edge
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”He builds his water-world And lives in splintered Trees with bark unfurled.” from the poem, ‘Castor Canadensis’ from the chapbook, ‘Earth Gospel’ 2019 by Tamara Miles ======================================== Let’s you and I walk a water’s edge and talk of gnawed tree trunks pointing at the sky of tree corpses pulled through nettles and vines of water…
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Autumn sunrise
leaves red and yellow sunrise on fire day egg breaks on skillet edge of night shadows dance in wind inhale chill air and breathe 11-26-19
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Al’s Monday Morning Recipe
Pour: 1 cup of whole milk into a blender Add: 1 scope of collagen, 1 tablespoon Moringa, 1 scoop of whey, 1 teaspoon of Super Greens and 6 frozen strawberries Blend with an attitude of prayer and reflection place in your favorite glass, drink slowly breathe deep and clean up your mess 11-25-19
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Coffee at Whole Foods waiting on a friend
Empty tables chair legs and slatted shadows Lie prone on concrete Young woman two tables over studies Amidst shadows of legs and feet Her shadows in slatted empty space Reveal no sparkly clothes 11-25-19
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Taste Air
this morning clouds fled unfiltered light returned _____ tired trees ready for rest snuggle blankets gold and yellow _____ in green aprons others work cook sap of carbon and light _____ waiting for winter solstice to swaddle rags of bright gasp…..taste air and leap into light _____ when my season comes into unfiltered light I…
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Dreamtime walkabout
Nameless friend buys an old house In need of repair It stands in your old neighborhood Together you walk Strange alleys and spaces That were always there But staring into the sun you were unaware You look in back yards Hoping, maybe you’ll recognize A tree or bush No trees, no gardens, no grass, the…
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The Gleaning
This morning I heard ….I heard a friend A friend got his miracle …..His miracle a lung A lung from someone …..Someone with a family A family who loved and prayed …..Prayed for a miracle A miracle of more time …..Time to love just a bit Just a bit more time …..Time to love just…
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The Jabbering of a California Ground Squirrel’ or ‘Saving Devin from himself’
Fearing every shadow that drifts over grass fearing the blue sky above a green canopy he jabbers that talons hide in silence and that every bird could be a raptor As a red hawk feasts on his brothers, he believes his salvation lies in blood sacrifice to an apparition that waits in a barren tree…
