My husband's poetry

Author: cfblack

  • Retired engineer

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    It seemed like forever he married his wife raised two boys worked as a engineer and moved to the sunny coast He diets a bit walks his neighborhood pulls a re-engineered golf cart behind him as he picks up trash A small cooler and two buckets one for garbage and one for recycling a self-imposed…

  • The Morning News from My Porch

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    To the round-bellied red bird feeding in dry leaves of our yard how’d you get so fat? You’ve eaten more than your share and still you feed Before you’re able to fly and flee, a blue calico will come to devour you She’ll slide quietly into the yard her left paw pinning you to the…

  • Light rain

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    Light rain dim light of autumn Birds are quiet geese honk overhead In the distance a car alarm complains Every morning the sun sleeps in later When rain ends I will rake leaves Without being asked and think of my parents 10-16-19

  • Leave your shoes by the door

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    This morning no rooster crowed to remind you of your denials All the times you turned your head and averted eyes Shortly after dawn a crow called from an oak warning you Of a coming storm trees stripped bare limbs broken Clogged storm drains yard full of mud holes in the roof revealed 10-15-19

  • Monday

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    rumble rattle squeak yellow school buses betray their coming from two stops away kids on corners clutch books and queue wait for buses to come in view rumble rattle squeak yellow school buses return tired students of diminishing yearn 10-14-19

  • haiku that expresses some of my kinder feelings about hackers:

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    a pox on hackers may rheumatoid arthritis curl and hurt fingers 10-14-19

  • Coffee

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    Coffee drips slow in pot Coffee rich and brown Coffee fragrant on tongue Coffee from yesterday beeps in microwave Coffee on cold morning’s in Mom’s kitchen Coffee at Grandpa’s table with sorghum on crackers Coffee spills on your shirt rushing to work Coffee stains on book covers Coffee late night study buzz Coffee the rattle…

  • Coffee

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    cfblack
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    Coffee drips slow in pot Coffee rich and brown Coffee fragrant on tongue Coffee from yesterday beeps in microwave Coffee on cold mornings in Mom’s kitchen Coffee at Grandpa’s table with sorghum on crackers Coffee spills on your shirt rushing to work Coffee stains on book covers Coffee late night study buzz Coffee the rattle…