Author: cfblack
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noise
low flying jets a pack of helicopters, mowers and leaf blowers in the park low hum of distant interstate some days civilization just won’t shut up 10-18-23
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Autumn morning
blue sky floats upon still water red gold tree stands among the green crisp Autumn morning my friends enjoy the change I much prefer the heat of summer but cannot stop the roll of seasons small bird skims the pond sets reflections all a quiver energy dissipates to shore bird skims the water’s surface, again…
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morning of two suns
sun rises on a neighbor’s upstairs window and through trees above the chicken coop for one brilliant moment I squint into the glare of two suns and feel blessed 10-15-23
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In my veins
In my veins, my parents walk hand in hand reading letters written across the ocean of a world war. I look out with my father’s eyes remarking on the country he fought to preserve and the sad state of his Grand Old Party or with my mother’s eyes to see what season it is and…
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feeding chickens haiku
like middle school kids chicken squabble and complain even in the rain 10-14-23
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The deluge
I lied awake all night, listened to it rain, fell asleep again and again and dreamed unfitfully. ____ I dreamed all the mourning mothers of all the wars ever fought gathered in the next world and held a wake filled with songs of grief. The walls of heaven’s mansions shook and fell to dust. They…
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Wednesday’s haiku
sip your blue cup dry squirrels have finished breakfast brush nutshells from rail 10-11-23
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Streaming Therapy
From a prompt – Odds and Ends A popular TV therapist said you need to organize your life, and diagnosed After COVID Clinical Depression– advised you to clear out your closets, take bags of clothes and old furniture to Goodwill, deep clean the refrigerator, kitchen, and garage, discard your old meds and all the bottles…
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