Author: cfblack
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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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morning wind writes haikus
dappled dancing ground cool breeze tambourines shadows late spring, full foliage, — jabbering squirrels earth bound feral cat looks up red bird sings in bush, — trees talk of eternity wait for the next limb to fall seed the future freely 4-12-24
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haiku rain
rain talks with the leaves in soft syncopated language lie still and listen 4-11-24
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woods walking
I want to tell you you do not need to be cultivated to be beautiful I want to thank you for your wildness, your beauty freely given 4-10-24
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Fabric of existence
Poem written to the prompt: Illusion dance of shadows illusion’s veil cloak of mystery grand spectacle ephemeral eternal we are beguiled kaleidoscope of perception mirages in mind’s deserts essence of our being light and shadow crashing cast aside veils dance naked on the stage 4-9-24
