Category: travel
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First Light
Before the sun Before footprints where sidewalks hide Before the first cars cut ruts for others to follow I stare out the window At the crystalline blanket Night pulled over rich homes and poor souls Wait for plows To rumble awake and Clear the street out to the main road Soon shovels will pile Perfection…
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Dad
Last visit home photo of our sitting before I raced back To count your last breaths, I wonder what you may have thought of saying. But didn’t, because holding it inside was who you were 11-22-20
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Sunny spot
Hot summer days I sit barefoot in the shade Cool fall days I wear long sleeves and shoes Seek the sunny spot In the yard to sip coffee and think of home Of sock hats thermal underwear, gloves and warm coats Of shoveling snow On winter mornings before school Of throwing snow balls At yellow…
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travel haiku
puff ball cotton clouds concrete ribbon wrapped mountains green day commute home 9-19-20
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Patio meditation for 9/11
Sitting on the back patio squirrel churs on fence Plastic owl on wall stares empty-eyed at the morning Red birdhouse in neighbor’s yard sits empty waiting for spring We have boxes to take to the new house Movers won’t come until Wednesday for furniture Overcast skies hide the sun, threaten rain Concrete Mary stands hands…
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Hoosier hospitality
To the ground hog that lives under our son’s garden shed This is your eviction notice we will shovel mothballs in your burrow tomorrow You may move next door there is plenty of room under the neighbor’s deck Don’t take this personal but Hoosier Hospitality has come to Pittsburgh 9-9-20
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Driving toward Pittsburgh
dear siri, today, while driving towards pittsburgh I wrote a poem in my head I’ve lost it can you help me find it ? I promise I will take back all those horrible things I’ve said about you 9-8-20
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air travel
humid overcast still air sound of flight landing or takeoff coming or going skyward it pulls you 8-25-20
My husband's poetry 