My husband's poetry

Category: nature

Sunday haiku

Jan 2, 2022

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cfblack

in haiku, rain

army of rain drops marching west to east in trees rattle grows louder 1-2-22
haiku for mythic warmer weather

Dec 28, 2021

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cfblack

in haiku, Rewriting a fairy tale myth or legend, Winter/ Cold

December heat wave Helios flirts with nymphs while… Persephone twerks 12-28-21
haiku of the moon

Dec 26, 2021

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cfblack

in beach/ocean, haiku, moon

the shoreline has fled but I will wait here until ebb gives way to rise 12-26-21
winter birds haiku

Dec 24, 2021

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cfblack

in Birds, haiku, holidays, Winter/ Cold

winter birds sing lowfrosted fence rail sparkles sunlightholiday gifting 12-24-21
Ear worms

Dec 10, 2021

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cfblack

in childhood, Fall, Family, rain

Rainy, autumn day Sixty years on And childhood admonitions still Burrow in your head “Go outside Don’t drip that on my floor!” You take your keto ice cream bar And walk to the park When you come back inside Mom doesn’t even say thanks 12-10-21
Sea shell

Dec 3, 2021

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cfblack

in beach/ocean, nature

Sound of the ocean Held to your ear Flowing tides in cochlea marshes Primordial rush of memories Back and forth…back and forth On your way up towards dry land 12-3-21
Oxymoron

Dec 2, 2021

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cfblack

in beach/ocean, Charleston, fish, reading/writing

This morning, you remember the drum fish you caught on the inter coastal waterway The captain threw it in a ‘live well’ to gut and fillet for dinner ‘Live Well’ is a strange name for a holding cell for the condemned 12-2-21
red leaves

Dec 1, 2021

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cfblack

in haiku, trees

red leaves…downfallenseemed more vibrant on the treesthe woods await Spring 12-1-21
11/24 haiku

Nov 24, 2021

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cfblack

in Family, haiku, Winter/ Cold

dad’s old hat warms head hoarfrost dances paisley patterns dress in layered clothes 11-24-21
11/22 haiku

Nov 22, 2021

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cfblack

in haiku, rain, Winter/ Cold

wet moss on hard ground ignores the coming winter rhizoids dance in rain 11-22-21