nature – Page 72 – My husband's poetry

In the Great Depression, Grandpa lost the farm moved the family to town To a little house with a well in the yard between the coal shed and cellar door Momma said he hung a ladle by the well sometimes placed extra garden produce on a chair Before a cinder block room was built over…

The Gate

Jul 9, 2020

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cfblack

in holidays, light, spiritual

On a nail two flasks of light hang wait for rifles shots that shatter set free light Gateway of the Sun 7-9-20 **Baha’i Holy day, martyrdom of the Bab

The Return

Jul 8, 2020

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cfblack

in beauty, rain, spiritual, trees, wind

Rain lingers in upturned leaves suppliant cups wait for wind to shake trees ___ Tipped vessels spill water gently dripped no lightning no thunder this time 7-8-20

A rainy night haiku for our lonely quarantine

Jul 6, 2020

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cfblack

in animals, Belonging / Loneliness, covid, haiku, insects, light, rain

cicadas and rain tree frogs calling back and forth street lights with halos 7-6-20

The worm

Jul 4, 2020

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cfblack

in denial, insects

Drunk on fermented pulp he pops his head from rotted fruit Sees blue sky resents daylight and crawls back in Too inebriated to hear the roaring motor of whirling blade He swims in orbs of cider mash on the glide path of a scythe 7-4-20

Glisten

Jul 1, 2020

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cfblack

in animals, beauty, Birds, rain, weather/storms

last night it stormed this morning nothing moves not a leaf or squirrel unseen birds sing water captures light drips from trees 7-1-20

Definitions

Jul 1, 2020

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cfblack

in rain, water /muddy water

Drifting cloud condenses to rain Rain lives but for a minute Sacrificed to water on ground 7-1-20

Porch rain

Jun 30, 2020

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cfblack

in fear, rain, trees, water /muddy water, weather/storms

Hot summer day late afternoon rain water flows in street Thunder overhead somewhere a tree is cleaved to ground No matter, how cool you try to be, a flash and crack makes you jump You steal yourself for the next one and hope it doesn’t strike too close 6-30-20

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