Author: cfblack
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empty highway
empty highway low country dark headlights split the night center line reflectors yellow crescent moon set cruise and go 8-23-23
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Albert
wind in trees cool overcast skies nice day for sitting in the yard gym calls my name Albert, get off your sagging butt and push some weights 8-23-23
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coming or going
Wake from dream, 4 am Listen to Carol breathing Jet flies low over house Coming or going…I do not know Coffee cooling on kitchen counter, 6 am Meditation and prayers in park Online meeting starts real soon Coming or going…I do not know 8-22-23
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manic monday
Two ants, one from the east, one from the west, Scurrying back and forth on a fence rail Following chemical signposts on an invisible highway Left by those who came before Searching for something that leads to treasure That they can carry back to their hill They meet in the middle, circle one another, Exchange…
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Festival dancer
low slung pants, mid-riff top rainbow painted eyes dances at the stage with lighted hoops moves to music in hips and feet she lives in the moment, the movement and the adulation little girls love her and she loves them back 8-20-23
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Festival’s last day
children are up early they always are life’s a big adventure sit and listen in your camp chair somewhere someone strums a guitar flute plays in distance stage hands remove tarps fold and put away vendors gather, talk with new friends cicadas console one another PATIENCE… they’ll be gone tomorrow 8-20-23
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snake’s head
dancing in the grass reptile tail tattoo moves in rhythm up and down her spine snake’s head somewhere below beltline no questions asked no answers given 8-20-23
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Joseph Campbell meets Mary Oliver’s ghost haiku
it does not matter where into the wild you flee your shadow finds you 8-19-23
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Meditation on Ukraine
mud dauber searches along eaves for a place to call home unaware you watch its every move behind overcast skies a plane soars you do not care where it goes, but that tiny wasp is another matter 8-17-23
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lizard haiku for politicians
turns tan straddling fence primary colored anole red, blue, yellow, too 8-16-23
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