Category: nature
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On my sister’s birthday
Trees are greening. Blue sky reflects in empty space. Pollen drifts slowly towards shore. Blue heron fishes the shallows. Brown cattails silently stand guard. Grey turtles bask in sun, unconcerned with anything, except staying warm. 3-8-23
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Morning meditation
I hold my hands palm up, recite names of the Letters of the Living. count the Greatest Name on knuckles. Fly lands in my left hand. I don’t recall praying for companionship. 3-8-23
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Carolina Spring tanka
squinting in bright warm sunlight, bright pink azalea, horny green lizard on fence, yellow pollen slime on pond. 3-4-23
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3 haikus for Spring’s first bumble bee
levitates nearby Charles Barkley of insects how’s that damn thing fly? yellow/black fuzz ball respect given – not taken miracle of flight Tinker Bell ain’t real do not f*** with me and I will not f*** with you 3-3-23
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haiku meditation on promised land
wind obliterates footprint graffiti in sand lost in a desert 2-26-23
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rain haikus
empty coffee cupgo inside before it rainsand take a shower —————————- heavy morning airfull clouds darkening to greyrain in the forecast 2-17-23
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Faraway somewhere
4 am, half awake, deep-throated, distant fire truck siren wails. Its angry horn bellows, lookout! Complains again at another intersection. Ambulances and police cars sing harmony. Racing towards Hopkins on Garners Ferry Road, they do not turn into our neighborhood. In a faraway somewhere a family is in distress. Happy they did not stop at…
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