My husband's poetry

Author: cfblack

  • Tiny tongues, or, the unnamed wife of Lot

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    Ancient editors playing God, left the unnamed wife of Lot looking back at friends As they were incinerated Her body magically turned to salt, PowerPoint lesson plan for cautionary sermons For disobedient wives I much prefer the Greek version where Orpheus accepts the blame When Eurydice is turned to salt If I were an ancient…

  • Homeward bound

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    On the far side of the water a crack and crashing. Heron takes flight. Squirrels scamper away. Large limb continues its slow crumbling towards a resting place. There is a silence – almost a reverence. Unable to discern Jung’s promised synchronicity and the wisdom of self-pruning, I down lukewarm dregs of coffee and slowly walk…

  • Sunday haiku

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    dreary, dreary dayrainy, rainy, rainy daydreary, rainy day 12-10-23

  • haiku for friends

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    Warm overcast day Sit outside the library For friends to arrive 12-9-23

  • Down so low

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    falling uphill towards a grave fill in the cut earth today is about tomorrow turn a gnat into an eagle only the sky will capture your body as you fall 12-7-23 for this I created a new category: self transformation. If there is ever time, I will return to former posts & add this category…

  • grey day

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    grey day grey clouds grey birds grey attitude the world won’t change because you’re unhappy change your attitude become the light 12-4-23

  • Cartography of wild geese

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    morning epigraph: “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” ― Mary Oliver ——————————————————– forage among lost souls for sustenance hope, maybe you will stumble upon a way out or maybe quietly follow someone down an overgrown path to an unlocked gate or maybe a bread crumb…

  • Neighborhood sentinel

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    white crested head blue grey feathered body still as a sentinel guarding the shoreline how do you stand so still out on the highway siren screams emergency get out of the way I’m coming through and still you do not move you step slowly into the water stalk sushi breakfast neck coiled tight snatch life…

  • tiny acorn

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    tiny acorn misses my coffee cup bounces on the bench beside me rises high as a grasshopper landing unexpectedly on hot summer asphalt 12-2-23

  • naked selfie

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    Legacy baby Silver spoon in your mouth Strut long naked legs As if you’re on a celebrity reality show Great Blue Heron What did you do that made you great? 12-2-23