My husband's poetry

Category: nature

  • Spring haiku

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    sunrise tree frogs sing about long legs and warm nights hormones and tadpoles

  • Fall haiku

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    cfblack
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    glitter in the sun breeze quivers last year’s dry leaves high up in the trees 3-8-24

  • Saturday rain

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    cfblack
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    after rain strange bird swims upon water large bill and long neck geese and mallards glide to the other side and give it space only the heron seems unconcerned gentle rain returns concentric circles replicate to shore water fowl, turtles and frogs rejoice I walk home in the rain 3-9-24

  • Companionship

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    twelve turtles – meat on the half-shell ever vigilant, sunning on the bank they do not talk or sip coffee just need a bit of companionship if you cough or walk too loud they quickly slide back into the water twelve turtles – meat on the half-shell ever vigilant, sunning on the bank 3-11-24

  • yellow tinted tanta

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    sights and sounds of spring birds sing love songs in the woods bright azaleas bloom yellow pollen coats the ground lone fisherman casts his line

  • The partisan

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    cfblack
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    mother used to send me to dig dandelions from our neighbor’s lawn with a meat fork no amount of pleading would convince her seeds could parachute in from several yards away I would collect fluffy seed balls from the school yard help them infiltrate the airspace above our lawn forestall and frustrate her battle plans…

  • storm of pollen

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    As if they could impregnate the universe, horny vegetation generously spreads their yellow spoo on everything. Because I have no pollen allergies, I enjoy nature and spring, but I feel sorry for my friends who suffer (I’m not sure if this was a poem.)

  • Equinox

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    The earth tips back into light Rise up a new year calls, awake Now is not the time to sleep Seed your dreams in fertile ground Till and weed your garden Pick the stones from your path Ask others to accompany you and walk each other home 3-20-24

  • Spring haiku

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    cfblack
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    White clover blossom lucky four plays hide and seek among clustered threes 3-21-24

  • haiku hues

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    cfblack
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    green trees sway in breeze red bird in lavender bush blue sky overhead 3-21-24