Author: cfblack
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haiku for a fish
you don’t need to jump ripples on the pond tell me there is life below 6-1-22
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haiku of the crow
crow on garden wall staring out at Haifa Bay spread your wings and soar 6-7-22
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pilgrimage haiku
in holy precincts pour out your bushel measure await the threshing 6-7-22
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The welcoming
Golden apple juice sweet in the light One cookie sweet on your tongue Standing on the portico looking out The view is long and steep Memories of God’s mountain Gift to carry home 6-7-22
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relic of a grandeur haiku
fence rail dinosaur bright green, good luck guardian keeps the bugs at bay 6-4-22
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foul tanka
soon yellow goslings’ wings become strong and turn grey long necks will blacken park pond will become too small their poo dry and disappear 6-2-22
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Chewing on clover
In the park, city employees fire up equipment at 6 am. Coffee in hand, you nod at mower and weedwhacker guys; Stop and talk basketball with the blower man, because He’s always looking for an excuse to stop working And you are always looking for someone to talk basketball with Before they go hide from…
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The fighter
This morning, I talked with a cousin fighting For his life with pancreatic cancer in Indiana. Always upbeat, he told me that last week His doctor told him it had spread to his liver and lungs, But they can cut those out and if chemo treatments number 21-24 don’t work, He might get accepted in…
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Of lucky quarters and juju pixies
When they closed the fountain for winter and gathered all the coins in buckets to haul away, did it cancel the wishes and send the pixies to roost with angels until spring? I threw a coin in the fountain once, wishing I would be good until Christmas. Thought I tossed a nickel, but it was…
