Category: nature
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yellow haiku
last yellow leaves cling tenaciously on low branch unwilling to fall 11-15-23
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Breeze of confirmation
a breeze blew all the autumn leaves to shore surface now mirrors the sky uninterrupted pray a breeze removes dross from my heart 11-19-23
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Monday haiku
late November blooms bright pink flowers in the park this northern boy smiles 11-20-23
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After the rain
last night’s gentle rain plays snare drum In the trees grateful birds sing in under brush heron hunts among cattails for breakfast green-hooded mallard cruises by waiting for Daisy Duck to appear. 11-22-23
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Plague of loblolly pines
crisp autumn morning blight of urban lawns rain needles on the ground form compact pads on the pond they stick in your screens and lawn chair webbing acidic and hard to rake only palmetto bugs thrive in their wake 11-28-23
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Watching Autumn from My Lawn Chair
In the South Autumn falls one leaf at a time No killing frost tells trees It’s time to change No bright and glorious week before Technicolor fades to black and white Winter invades and snow and ice lays siege 10-28-24
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Meditation on a Holy Day
white cirrus clouds swim in blue flag waves on a pole leaves rattle goodbye to summer winter comes slow but come it will jet contrail divides the sky the promise of spring laughs on a park swing 11-3-24
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Neighborhood sentinel
white crested head blue grey feathered body still as a sentinel guarding the shoreline how do you stand so still out on the highway siren screams emergency get out of the way I’m coming through and still you do not move you step slowly into the water stalk sushi breakfast neck coiled tight snatch life…
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tiny acorn
tiny acorn misses my coffee cup bounces on the bench beside me rises high as a grasshopper landing unexpectedly on hot summer asphalt 12-2-23
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grey day
grey day grey clouds grey birds grey attitude the world won’t change because you’re unhappy change your attitude become the light 12-4-23
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