Category: animals
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Rabbit dance
after everyone has gone to bed outside the patio window new snow moonlit ecstasy maybe, a need to stay warm is the only reason they dance new snow moonlit ecstasy outside the patio window after everyone has gone to bed 2-7-21
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8 degrees and sunny
Sun applies sparkly sugar cookie glaze on snow; Cold beauty freezes fingers and toes; Air cuts through layered clothes. Both dogs sniff and circle, Find their spot, do their business, Strain their leashes to go inside. In cedars, birds sing back and forth. Is it shelter from wind or food in foliage? I do not…
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haiku for walking dogs in snow
They sniff in circles Not just any snow will do Damnit, just go pee 2-5-21
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Ankle deep
With a leash in either hand I wait ankle deep in snow watch doors on houses open Wearing hooded coats and boots little humans emerge with heavy packs on their backs In silent acknowledgement of their fate they trudge by on rutted streets towards the bus stop Standing ankle deep in snow watching leashed dogs…
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Rain
rain patter train wail water in drain pipe red birds and wrens dance in yard squirrels and feral cats are in hiding stand under a roof by the pond sip coffee from a big blue cup watch tennis ball bob In winter rain 1-15-21
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Winter woods walk haiku
iridescent moon hangs halo high above trees lone fox hunts shadows 12-28-20
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Pandemic coffee in a blue cup
A mute yellow sign stands near the street in a neighbor’s yard signaling SLOW in black letters. You sip coffee from a blue cup as friends drive by and wave on their way to work, the grocery or anywhere, but here. The old couple with a corgi, call good morning from the park. With only…
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Roots
You rise You stretch You exercise You sip coffee in the park You talk with dog walkers You dig roots in your yard You talk with a sister about health and family You set down the shovel You sit on the porch and rest, because roots exhaust you 11-23-20
