Author: cfblack
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haiku for a grey day
turtle on mud bank mallard glides silently by and that is enough 4-22-24
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Dream #7,919
I dreamed before Frankenstein’s monster was consumed, his pyre sank to the bottom of the Arctic Sea. He convalesced in the belly of a whale, sat in Jonah’s chair, ate leftovers from Ahab’s last meal, read graffiti left by Aristotle and Pliny, hired Pinocchio’s cricket to be his life coach and learned how to be…
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haiku rain
wet Sunday morning wildflowers covered in dew put on your old shoes 4-21-24
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Mary Shelly’s fishing lure
a lure caught in low branches abandoned by its owner suspended in air left to gaze out at water just beyond reach unable to fish tiny glass eyes stare out begging for help I stare back with nothing to say 4-20-24
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Ridvan in the Park
low above the water insects glint in the sun small bird flits among them harvesting light wings touch the surface ripples run to the shore it’s not necessary to know what species the dance of light is enough 4-19-24
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meditation at the kitchen sink
in early morning light a soap bubble told a dish rag in my curves I prism rainbows then burst in joyous colors 4-18-24
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tanka meditation
by still water’s edge bumble bee hovers in air both of us seeking we honor each other’s space its mantra drones in my ear 4-17-24
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haiku in ESL
green, green, good morning love in the language of birds longing, lust and need 4-16-24
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adjustments
through a gap in trees light finds my face warms my skin I luxuriate in the moment then adjust my chair and return to the shade out of sun away from cancer they cut from my skin ____ how many weddings happy days in the sun did we attend in our youth then watched from…
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haiku for a foehn wind
undulating leaves ripple between earth and sky faces warmed by the sun 4-13-24
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