Category: Birds
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Birds like sticks of dynamite
birds like sticks of dynamite circle a ship in the bay while he plants fruit trees amongst gallows on the hill birds return to roost as ship sails north into the sea sweet juice lingers on lips drips upon their chins 7-28-20
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A rainy night haiku for our lonely quarantine
cicadas and rain tree frogs calling back and forth street lights with halos 7-6-20
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silly haiku Sunday
our birds sound the same the Sahara Sandcalypse isn’t on their Twitter 6-28-20
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Excuse me
Sun comes softly on overcast morning not quite sure when rotation breaks against horizon spilling light into day Saturday’s dog walkers sleep in city trucks do not circle the park yoga warriors come in fewer numbers But still they come to roll out mats legs, shoulder width apart weight shifting from side to side A…
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Let it rain
Rain fell all night white noise for sleeping morning comes robed in rain Warm porch tea undaunted, birds sing lone dog walker in rain gear Park employees gather in ball field parking lot sip coffee in trucks until lunch break A manuscript and three new magazines forecast calls for precipitation – let it rain 6-25-20
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Impatience
Birds beg predawn dark to leave Earth’s rotation makes you dizzy and wish you could stop spinning You take a barelegged walk through moonlit field sting of nettles follows you home Aloe Vera lotion can’t absolve the sins of impatience next time, you will wait for light 6-24-20
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