Author: cfblack
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Sunday haiku
blue, blue morning sky all of the trees have gone green pond reflects the day 4-28-24
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dusk songs in the bush, in a tree, across the street, in the park, in my neighbor’s yard songs sung short and sweet 4-28-24
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breakfast haiku
high above my head blue heron perched in a tree fresh fish for breakfast 4-27-24
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Friday haiku
overcast morningon the other side of cloudsit’s a sunny day 4-26-24
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Because
Because I read the King James version of the Bible, I learned that half-truths and blasphemy can sound beautiful; because I read the stories of King David, I learned that a sinner could still be chosen by God; because I read DC Comic Books, I learned that even super heroes have their kryptonite; because I…
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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
