Category: nature
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In the garden
they say this is the year of the Dragon pishhh…why not call election years the year of the Rat ya know – the kind of rat that eats the core and leaves the scraps no more animal totems or mythology to explain prehistoric bones bleaching in the sun give me a thousand years of the…
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haiku pine
loblolly hurls conesnot wanting to fight todayI slowly walk on 2-25-24
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Good citizens
clothes in the washer wind in the trees rain in the forecast crows pick at roadkill I’m in our side yard thinking of soldiers on every side good citizens following orders from someone who does not fight cannon fodder stripped of identity kill or be killed- statistics of war 2-24-24
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Primary season in the South
South Carolina Spring cable news pundit turtles rise up from pond muck to sit in the sun geese return with loud honking neighbors feed them stale bread telemarketers gather at your feet demand you feed them, too leave greasy goose shit wherever they go 2-15-2024
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an inconsiderate act
I broke a tiny bud from a limb I did not hear it scream I don’t know why I just did I cannot glue it back or heal the wound it bleeds green in the sun 2-14-2024
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Winter morning haiku
mute black birds shiver mist laden breeze on cat feet softly wets my face 2-5-2024
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dusk halos
dusk halos light on the pole on water all day threatened rain static grey clouds rumble – soon the night sky may break thunder and light crack the dark I will go inside and listen to it rain 1-27-24
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haiku detris
among wet brown leaves spiny seed pods lie awake for a chance to grow 1-25-24
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haiku rain
rainy winter’s day sullied pond, full to the brim light rain tumbles down 1-24-24
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