Author: cfblack
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batrachian haiku
in high grass by pond days removed from tadpole spawn frogs of dewy dawn 7-9-22
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the vanity of underachieving
Send me 21st century Proverb to hang my hat on; push me to do more My adolescent self found Ecclesiastes and I have been too lazy to go beyond “Vanity of vanities; all is vanity” I have two decades left and need to make up for 70 years of underachieving So send me a 21st…
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Voyeurism 101: Saturday Morning at the Soda City Market in Six Easy Lessons
1) Arts and crafts – your name in wood, Handmade bird houses and bowls to sit on a shelf Tee-shirts – tie dyed, cute sayings, political epithets, Painted flags, cows and chickens with claws, birds on the beach Handmade pens and jewelry maybe imported from third world sweatshops 2) Food booths and trucks – artisan…
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wet wood wind haiku
the morning after wind plays liquid rattle song dripping last night’s rain 7-2-22
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haiku in time of rising food prices
during inflation hungry mice eat any cheese and don’t demand Brie 7-2-22
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somewhere in America
Introverted by nature, she never felt like she belonged. She wanted to fit in, but when she’d introduce herself at parties people would ignore her and laugh behind her back. Until one day in a high desert ghost town souvenir shop on a dusty swivel rack In the corner by the unisex restroom with knotted…
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haiku for an elder man
like a dog outside the tennis court fence, he waits for one ball to play 6-30-22
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wet Wed. haikus
coffee cup in hand umbrella in the other rainy morning walk mother memories wrinkly toes in squishy shoes “Leave the mud outside!” the slow rain falls hard mushrooms will pop tomorrow mint tea in forecast rivulets clean street makes the weeds grow tall and fast I might as well nap 6-29-22