Category: daily life
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Advice for driving uber in Five Points
a rose fragrance swinging on a string from rear view mirrors makes monitoring drunk students smell a wee bit better 8-7-21
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haiku hometown Sunday morning
hazy chill morning dog walkers, coffee drinkers Sunday on Main Street avoid all sermons pray for me and I for you church bells chiming, Come street sanctuaries worship wth a smiley face no napping allowed 8-1-21
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nothing personal
If I don’t call back It’s nothing personal You see I have an appointment with death I’ve turned off the ringer On my phone I don’t want reminders disturbing My nap or planning my day It doesn’t mean I don’t care It just means I’m busy Leave a voice mail Or short text If it’s…
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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
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Bare essentials
When I go out in public I take off sweatpants Put on cargo pants And only carry bare essentials In my pockets Reading glasses in a cracked case Driver’s license, debit and credit card Real folding money in a zippered pocket Quarters for parking downtown Two squares of paper towel Ring of keys, notebook and…
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Old narcissus
green grass runs to shore stares at its reflection a fish kisses the sky ripples make clouds dance bullfrog belly laughs in reeds I am too tired to walk to the edge and stare 6-27-21
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Zen Gaelic
You caught the blue grey glint of a single pinwheeling feather falling from the sky. It left no ripple on the water as it sank. No one saw its surrender but you. 6-16-21
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Walking meditation with Thich Nhat Hanh
1) moss comes green on the morning after rain halfway to your destination not wanting to crush haploid to diploid dance you stand paralyzed 2) a crow lands on a limb above your head shakes chill water from leaves you continue on in a village of plums bloom words “each mindful step, reminds us that…
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