Author: cfblack
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Waiting for rain
waiting for rain azaleas burst bright pink blossoms on green foliage 3-17-23
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Mungo Jerry
When tree leaves grow as big as your hand and tomaters appear on the vine, when cicadas are in full voice and bull frogs bellow dusk to dawn, when squirrels rest in the shadows and you glisten while sitting under a tree, when birds refuse to sing, and ice cream drips before you’re done, when…
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On my sister’s birthday
Trees are greening. Blue sky reflects in empty space. Pollen drifts slowly towards shore. Blue heron fishes the shallows. Brown cattails silently stand guard. Grey turtles bask in sun, unconcerned with anything, except staying warm. 3-8-23
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Morning meditation
I hold my hands palm up, recite names of the Letters of the Living. count the Greatest Name on knuckles. Fly lands in my left hand. I don’t recall praying for companionship. 3-8-23
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Lenten haiku
sweet chorus of cheeps tree leaves Easter basket green bright jelly bean sun 3-7-23
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Childhood memories
They say a pruned tree bears more fruit. Did the tree ask to be more fruitful? Did it willingly submit? I have been pruned severely, whole limbs lobbed off, abandoned on a orchard floor. Some of my own choosing, some not. If I come for you with my pruning hook, tell me to shut up…
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Carolina Spring tanka
squinting in bright warm sunlight, bright pink azalea, horny green lizard on fence, yellow pollen slime on pond. 3-4-23
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3 haikus for Spring’s first bumble bee
levitates nearby Charles Barkley of insects how’s that damn thing fly? yellow/black fuzz ball respect given – not taken miracle of flight Tinker Bell ain’t real do not f*** with me and I will not f*** with you 3-3-23
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Holy Land
What makes a holy land: hardships, death or war? All is martyrdom. What makes a holy land: blood shed, torture or prison? All is a refugee camp. What makes a holy land: wilderness treks, epic eulogies and myths? All is mud untamed. What makes a holy land? It is living, loving and generations born? It…
