Author: cfblack
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Patience
bright flashing songbird cajoles the sun to hurry I smile and say, be patient it will come in its own good time 4-29-23
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self-hate
My great grandmother was orphaned at three, only child of a widowed Irish immigrant and widowed native American woman. She was baptized in St Anne’s Catholic Church and raised by half-siblings on her father’s side. When she married a Quaker, she was not allowed communion, but still attended mass; sat quietly in the back pew,…
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haiku augury
quiet mockingbirdhops on trail in front of meinforms my silence 4-26-23
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haiku of a fiery tongue
practice kindliness it doesn’t take a flame to burn set a world on fire 4-25-23
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misty morning prayer in 5/7/5 time
mist upon my face holy name upon my tongue bullfrog’s low reply 4-24-23
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Monday morning tanka
mist upon water surface tension is broken small circles appear tiny waves rush together drops become one with the whole 4-24-23
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Sarah’s Man…Revisited
Today friend/poet/writer/publisher, Jerred Metz, celebrated his 80th birthday; I had the honor of composing and reciting a poem in his honor: ============================================== Sarah’s man has a voice made for radio, dances tall like no one is watching, still wears his hair long, says to call him Grumpy not Grandpa. Sarah’s man writes novels and poems,…
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Sunrise
before geese patrol their paradise swim wakes in drifting pollen patches clouds and sky struggle to find reflection in the dross of water’s mirror I have things to do before this day is through and cannot wait for pollen to sink to the bottom of the pond or clouds and sky to find their rest…
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For lack of empathy
I don’t know why, but fifty years on I thought of you, tall lanky friend of my youth, we used to sometimes talk walking home from high school; me bombastic and loud, all full of myself; you quiet, deferential and shy. We never became close; you a confirmed loner me a loner, hidden beneath layers…
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magic lizarding haiku
tan anole on fence stops, looks over the edge at bush leaps, blends into green 4-22-23
