Category: nature
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Before the cock crows 3 times
trash barrel rattles something alive inside tap the barrel nothing climbs out walk to the pond sip coffee dry still the barrel rattles something alive inside listen as it scratches up sides desperate to flee halfway home an inner voice says kindness to all means all life is sacred grab trash tongs from porch walk…
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After rain
Moss greens bright Sporangium dance in light Berries ignite the burning bush Humidity gathers on skin How many angels can sip tea On the head of a pin? Desiring reanimation And its second coming Rain drips from trees Upon the ground 9-6-26
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Quatrains at 55 degrees
Cool, windless dawn Mist hovers over pond unwilling to leave Fish rise, kiss the bottom of sky Puckered ripples replicate to nothingness Cardinals call back and forth Squirrels churl and chase overhead Anoles and frogs are hunkered down Insects await the sun to speak I return to our yard with empty cup Sovereign lord of…
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haiku for 1st of September
the skies speak of rain but my weather app doesn’t confirm iPhone apple sauce 9-1-21
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early morning haiku
swelter of summer fairies await cooler days mushrooms take a nap 8-31-21
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haiku to a wildflower
be kind to yourself garden flowers’ ancestors mother curses as weeds 8-31-21
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covid haiku
in midst of summer a yellow leaf falls from tree you watched it descend 8-13-21
