Category: beauty
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Deep in Green
no wind cools summer robin sits on brick insects drone in trees in a pile by the curb squirrels rummage pine cones crow calls in park _____ deep in green where no one walks color trumpets over here it’s protest along the fringe emerging from shadows its beauty it’s stamina demanding to be seen 8-30-20
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On a page heavy
“I lead her, a / child waking up / from a nightmare, / dazed by light” Lyn Lifshin, poet ==================================== Where have you been all my life, Lyn Lifshin Why don’t I remember reading your poetry until today I must have missed the invitation to your dying ‘The Sun’ published a tribute this month nine…
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Blue heron
It saw me first coming around the bend stepping on the wooden bridge I heard it rise out of reeds watched long legs fold up like landing gear soar low over water Gather speed cresting pines blue gray wings against a gray blue sky 6-12-20
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The Last Super Moon of the Year of COVID-19
A friend told me last night, she and her husband looked out over the ocean at the last super moon of 2020 She said it would be just as beautiful tonight My wife and I live in an urban forest dotted with houses At moonrise we walked two blocks to a darkened ball field trees…
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haiku in our daughter’s yard
rosette in the woods pre-paper origami wind asks forgiveness 4-13-20
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The gardener
wet from a shower stand naked in a mirror admire bouquets red and blue roses on ankles and thighs tight buds broken open each petal and stem sown and watered life’s victory garland looks good on you 3-18-20
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Februa Sacrificium
during the night while red camellia petals sought atonement a dead branch fell on its own accord upon damp and sandy soil a green leaf at dawn needs only a small breeze to dance and shimmer in the sun 2-3-20
My husband's poetry 