Author: cfblack
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Beachboys on the half shell
turtles on the bank baking in the warm spring sun preparing to flee 4-22-22
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Warm coffee
An epigraph and poem suitable for Ridvan, “O Children of Dust! Tell the rich of the midnight sighing of the poor, lest heedlessness lead them into the path of destruction, and deprive them of the Tree of Wealth…” (Baha’u’llah) Yesterday, at a downtown café you sat outside with a friend, drank warm coffee, complained about…
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rainy day haiku
lone rainy day goosetucks its head under its wingwaiting for relief 4-16-22
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Diego’s wife
a poem written to the prompt: Ashes. She hoped her exit would be joyful She hoped she’d never return She patiently waits at home on a shelf Because they will not let her leave He swallowed a mouthful of ashes Gathered the rest in red silk sash Placed them in an pre-Columbian urn And made…
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4am porch haiku
rain rattles drain pipe caterwauling hormone rage needs to find a room 4-7-22
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Fecundity
after the storm broken tree leans near path amphibian drone three tone bull frog bass line a pair of mallards, a pair of geese cordon off the pond half grown leaves blossom bright green dogwood crowns edge of woods beneath my feet revelation moss effloresces birds call back and forth I am alive, I am…
