Category: nature
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Spring haiku
tree frogs sing off stage squirrels pole dance in side yard blue jays rage in bush 4-30-22
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When shadows block the sun
If I cast my shadow behind me at the pond, turtles do not jump from bank to water. In our yard, I sit in a faded yellow chair my wife wants me to throw away. I don’t care what the neighbors think; why replace what conforms comfortably to my form? I go inside to pee,…
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green haiku
smell of fresh cut grass small birds pick among scythed plants you among days gone 4-25-22
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Sunday haiku
beneath the willow tree hidden childhood memories where no one can see 4-42-22
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rainy day haiku
lone rainy day goosetucks its head under its wingwaiting for relief 4-16-22
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4am porch haiku
rain rattles drain pipe caterwauling hormone rage needs to find a room 4-7-22
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Fecundity
after the storm broken tree leans near path amphibian drone three tone bull frog bass line a pair of mallards, a pair of geese cordon off the pond half grown leaves blossom bright green dogwood crowns edge of woods beneath my feet revelation moss effloresces birds call back and forth I am alive, I am…
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Haiku Spring
months before they hatch envision flashing neon dragonfly bi-planes 3-25-22
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Waking
…you are a tuning fork, a singing bowl, strings pulled taut over hollowed wood, a wind chime in your mother’s open kitchen window waiting for the morning breeze. 3-20-22
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