Category: nature
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coffee in a blue cup
in grey sweats, morning legs lounge out from a park bench rough and worn from the sun coffee in a blue cup aroma of foreign mountains ambrosia brewed strong in the distance a young woman keeps cadence with a basketball dribble shoot, dribble shoot, dribble, dribble, dribble repeats over and over and over before men…
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Of milk and honey and the immortality quest
On the lintel above your door scotch tape copies of vaccinations. Pray the angel of death passes over and the blood red sea doesn’t flood your lungs. Near the light switch by the door hang a mask to wear when you go hiking in the wilderness. Gather your belongings buy a house in the promised…
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rainy morning haikus
cool morning, light rain tree frogs harmonize with birds sing the key of green tree leaves wave hello I forget their names and nod friends don’t need to talk decay blooms fragrant flavors air with hope of life moss engorged in light 5-12-21
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Job fair on Mt. Horeb
It wasn’t the burning, but the talking, the order giving, commands to go back to the scene of the crime and making demands and threats. Killing non-combatants in a war of words between empire and the kingdom of heaven has nothing to do with burning. The shall nots are easy; do nothing and you win.…
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haiku waking in our son’s house
dream walk new landscapes wake in cool night of the mind inhaling new worlds 5-9-21
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mid-morning rain haiku
scent your hair with rain drops from finger tips of trees fragrant rot of spring 5-3-21
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untitled Ridvan poem
in the deepest trench of the ocean drops that once fell upon the tops of the highest mountains still retain memories of the sun 4-28-21 (Today is the Baha’i holy day, The 9th Day of Ridvan and during prayer this came to me.)
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haiku morning sun
Morning sun through hazeBefore day’s heat arrivesWater your flowers 4-27-21
