Category: animals
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rainy morning haikus
cool morning, light rain tree frogs harmonize with birds sing the key of green tree leaves wave hello I forget their names and nod friends don’t need to talk decay blooms fragrant flavors air with hope of life moss engorged in light 5-12-21
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Homeward bound
The day before, the day before The day before, yesterday I found you staring up at the sun On the side of the road Neck stretched, arms and legs splayed Everything you owned on your back Shell crushed flat. Hungry birds had not found you And flies had not come yet To lay eggs in…
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feral cat side yard video game haikus
Level One – in yard Black Tail stalks bright blue feathers Jay Bird flits away Level Two – on wall Black tail leaps at feathered toosh Crashes upon the ground Level Three – up tree Resident Evil climbs slow Bird flees – Game Over 4-27-21
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rise and kiss the bottom of the sky
owl moves from tree to tree calling to the dark pregnant possum looks both ways before it waddles into the street mockingbirds sing hallelujah chorus at 4 am woodpecker swoops low at day break cat abandons breakfast reservation blue jays dance among azaleas fish rise and kiss the bottom of the sky 4-8-21
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meditations on the killing of Lorca
between the rise and fall the honk and wail of distant sirens high above the drone of ritual leaf blowing by bright vested park employees I still discern the call and response of birds chanting to the morning while on the ground looking up waiting for one of them to make a mistake a feral…
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a wall
a wall never kept a hungry animal or a fleeing deer on the other side they always find a way to go around or over or burrow underground 4-4-21
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haikus from Congaree with the grandson
brown snake suns on log bright flowers bloom on green stem turtle swims nearby grey dead pine stands tall cypress wades water knee deep woodpecker loves both lichen grows on logs wind counsels trees about death birds call down the sun 3-26-21
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celebrations for a grey day
warm rain drips from trees yellow pools of pollen dust confused frogs sing colors glisten wet street lights stutter on early birds celebrate spring water tins rain spouts rivulets race in the street time to take a nap 3-26-21
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