My husband's poetry

Category: nature

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    rain drips from trees drums dry brown leaves snare rattles downspouts birds sing call and response highway drones bass line sit silent and listen 5-19-24

  • shadow play

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    From my seat in the shade I watch a leafy shadow sway Back and forth in a patch of light It wavers high overhead Oblivious to it’s shadow dance And oblivious of me 5-16-24

  • rain

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    on its race to return to the sea rain does not discriminate between rich and poor homes it washes the dirty and the clean never asks what is deserving or sends a utility bill 5-9-24

  • still life

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    in a pretty vase waist deep in tap water trying not to die beauty caught in full-bloom strikes an objectified pose the compost pile is calling 5-7-24

  • review of new recruits

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    this morning resident geese paraded six goslings in single file a band of frogs on mud banks played poor covers of John Philip Sousa I paid attention to their passing while deep in green undergrowth birds wouldn’t stop talking 5-6-24

  • excuses are for the weak

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    rainy mornings I’d stop and save the worms drowning on puddled sidewalks picked them up threw them in the grass check marks on my report card told my parents I was late they would not understand saving drowning worms so I took my punishment and moved on 5-5-24

  • Sunday haiku

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    blue, blue morning sky all of the trees have gone green pond reflects the day 4-28-24

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    cfblack
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    bright sun peeks through trees breeze spills last night’s rain from leaves both anoint my face 4-28-24

  • (no title)

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    cfblack
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    dusk songs in the bush, in a tree, across the street, in the park, in my neighbor’s yard songs sung short and sweet 4-28-24

  • Friday haiku

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    overcast morningon the other side of cloudsit’s a sunny day 4-26-24