Author: cfblack
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haiku for Mondays
squirrel falls from tree plop…gets up and runs away climbs the tree, again 11-7-22
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Lang’s song about love
I wake with an earworm lying on my pillow singing, “Emily’s poems are gathering dust…” Silently, I repeat Ben Franklin’s, “The early bird gets the worm.” I have letters to write, events to plan and promises to keep. I tell myself to leave her poems alone, face the tasks at hand. Maybe tomorrow I’ll pull…
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Murder she wrote
Gloomy overcast morning, you daydream Angela Langsbury walking her dog in the park across the street. She calls out and waves. You call back frantically you are too young to die and to stay on her side of the street. As she walks away; you call out, “…and don’t forget to scoop,” rise from your…
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Dog chases tail
9 am on a November Sunday feels like 10 am Daylight Savings Time hibernates for the winter 25 hour day and I still can’t catch my tail 11-6-22
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Slow Autumn haiku
Autumn’s slow retreat gold leaves aren’t afraid of winter I’m okay with that 11-5-22
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Dandelions and ragweed
On the way to Florence the highway department erects ten foot walls to protect empty fields from highway noise. In a low income neighborhood all night long you hear semi’s roar on the interstate. Rich developers’ fields grow straighter and taller in a quiet environment and dandelions and ragweed votes count. 11-4-22
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Don’t listen with your eyes
blue jay swoops wide-spread tail and wings white tips and black accents breaks its flight nestles on green limb opens its mouth and squawks nuthatch flits hops about the trunk of trees squeaks and sings in descants mockingbird role plays aggressively guards its space sings whatever the hell it pleases of the three I much…
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The unwinding
All mothers do not know how to love All fathers do not come home at night All siblings do not get along All rustling in dry leaves is not a ghost it may only be a possum chasing a mouse All dogs that bark do not bite All cats do not spray in corners All…
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Tanka about raking leaves during Fall elections
occasionally a dead leaf falls on your pile don’t applaud too loud it’s only a random act and will never be the norm 10-26-22
