My husband's poetry

Category: nature

  • a fasting poem

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    cfblack
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    before darkness flees over the horizon and chill removes its coat birds anticipate dawn call out wake, wake prophecy is fulfilled light is coming the sun returns 3-10-21

  • spring cleaning

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    cfblack
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    I slept in this morning, because Mom kept trying to contact me from her grave Pulling me back into a dream Laying on the guilt Something about Lent And spring cleaning the kitchen Dad was calling out Alice, leave the boy alone Turn out the light and come to bed But mom kept knocking at…

  • Street life

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    cfblack
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    Unafraid of the night as if they own the street they strut under the street light Stand at the edge of the park deciding if they’d done enough damage for one night Car lights approach they flee into the woods lights recede One doe appears from shrubbery tears off a last bite calmly follows the…

  • viny ground

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    cfblack
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    one bright blossom unique among green vines would your beauty become lost in a bouquet? eyes unable to linger find subtle hues wrapped in monogamy 3-7-21

  • poem for a climbing tree

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    cfblack
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    When I was young I considered every tree a potential trunk to climb upon I have grown older but I still admire as I pass by your limbs proportion and form Imagine climbing up inside better than any boy before me You smile as I pass by whisper to the wind if I were not…

  • Turning the debri

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    cfblack
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    After the rain you put on old shoes and step outside to consolidate debris you gathered yesterday at the curb With a shovel you turn it over into itself and find despite nature’s best efforts the center is still dry untouched, unwashed and unclean 3-3-21

  • early morning haiku

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    cfblack
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    did you just write this, if you didn’t take a photo? why leave it to chance? 3-2-21

  • haikus for false Spring

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    cfblack
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    sunny Sunday sun equinox dress rehearsal spring not far away sharp tongued blue jay sits resplendent in tree line beauty is a beast sun worshippers bask bodies lie along the shore turtles seeking warm three red and one brown two cardinals do not care two reds will be sad lengthening daylight slow tilt towards equator…

  • stardust haiku

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    cfblack
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    every twinklereminds us of what we arestardust sentient flesh 2-28-21

  • Clamor of war

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    cfblack
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    Dreadnaughts returned in triplicate Last year two menaced the coast Today six grey ships appeared Aggressively Leaned into cruising speed Loudly claim Territorial waters as their own Force Nesting mallard pair into shallows Greedy they soon will demand tribute Threaten non-compliant walkers with beaks During their previous tour of duty Two bred and raised and…