Category: Birds
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Augury
I asked if a depressed bird sounds different than a cheerful bird you replied that emotion belongs to the listener and left me sitting alone with my emotions 6-24-22
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childhood revery
windless shade sittingbirds sing in insect choruschildhood revery 6-23-22
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Dark symphony
porch sitting summer solestice eve bare feet tap midnight call and response cicadas sing high descant tree frogs could not reach 6-21-22
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humility tanka
feral cat strolls by stares as if I don’t exist disappears again no thank you for your service because rent is paid in full 6-22-22
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tercet sun
Chilly dawn at water’s edge Anole hides in bush Waiting on the sun Suction toes hold it Hanging on the underside of a leaf You gather dead limbs Add them to your burn pile For cooler nights to come You study a preliminary translation For ‘Ode of the Dove’ Sip cold tea Wish you were…
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sunrise haiku
trees drip last night’s rain geese parade in single file frogs croak welcome home 6-18-22
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gun control
High above a grove of cedars You see a flock of crows Circling a tall tree This must be what they call A murder of crows You worry about their victim But walk on and Can no longer see the crows Or worry about their victim 6-9-22
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Evening on the mountain
while doves coo in olive trees nightingales announce the moon and crows call down the sun cool breeze ascends the mountain out in Haifa Bay ships await their turn to come in port and rest 6-8-22
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haiku for a fish
you don’t need to jump ripples on the pond tell me there is life below 6-1-22
My husband's poetry 