Category: animals
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haiku of the kingdom
morning ecstasy small toad leaps about my feet wet clover heaven 9-15-23
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Mosquito feast
I haven’t seen the anole all week dragonflies swoop for mosquito feast brown leaves exhausted from the heat litter the ground it’s ten days before equinox tips the scales in night’s favor somewhere in the weeds a bullfrog sings love songs in bass clef 9-11-23
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Draw Two
stray dog drags its chain, stands warily at a distance, tail wags like the metronome on Mrs. Crooks’ piano you edge close, grab the end of the chain dog barks, growls and charges you stand firm, jerk its chain it lays obediently at your feet, whimpers, the dog guides you up the street, stops at…
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Two haikus for a rainy day
even in the rain two squirrels chase each other ’round and ’round a tree I watch from the porch remembering when I’d play unafraid of rain 9-10-23
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a snake eating its tail
every end is a beginning of something new accept it and move on obsess over an ending and you may miss a new beginning 9-2-23
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receding circles
receding concentric circles gently lap the shore. did a turtle crest from below, a fish leap and splash back in, or something unknown fall from the sky? Receding concentric circles gently lap the shore and take their secret with them 8-29-23
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snake’s head
dancing in the grass reptile tail tattoo moves in rhythm up and down her spine snake’s head somewhere below beltline no questions asked no answers given 8-20-23
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lizard haiku for politicians
turns tan straddling fence primary colored anole red, blue, yellow, too 8-16-23
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Turtle on the edge
How long will you sit half up – half down trying to decide your way forward? Are you disoriented from last night’s storm? Are you looking for a dry place to rest or seeking higher ground? if you could talk, I’d gather you up and carry you there. 7-22-23
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Saturday haiku
squirrel on a bench tiny footsteps beside me hunger breeds courage 7-1-23
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