Category: Birds
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Quatrains at 55 degrees
Cool, windless dawn Mist hovers over pond unwilling to leave Fish rise, kiss the bottom of sky Puckered ripples replicate to nothingness Cardinals call back and forth Squirrels churl and chase overhead Anoles and frogs are hunkered down Insects await the sun to speak I return to our yard with empty cup Sovereign lord of…
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The story John and Paul never sang about Rocky
During mating season A nine ringed tailed male raccoon Does not stop to count the rings On an eight ringed tailed female 8-19-21
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hot August haikus
humid afternoon Cicadas sing…an owl hoots the woods is confused street ball on recess basketball on concrete court too damn hot to hoop children across the street laughing under lawn sprinkler why not an old man? 8-8-21
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Of squirrels and cats
plump feral cat lounges in yard squirrels are wary but unafraid hunger makes a hunter fast please, don’t feed our feral cats 8-7-21
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Tuesday’s haiku
morning enchantment turtle head glides through water its wake glinting light 7-20-21
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For my cousin, Tammy
twelve hours through mountains close by the river that drains a continent a brood of geese gather to say goodbye to the blue heron that waded the shallows I sit on my porch wishing I could journey over this eastern divide sit among the geese remember the blue heron before I migrate home 7-19-21
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poem for the moon man
Woodpecker drumming Like woodpeckers do Dog walkers walk Alone in the park Heron in shallows Green lizard on fence Coffee cup empty Meander on home 7-15-21
My husband's poetry 