Category: nature
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sunrise haiku
long shadow morninghidden only from your eyesbirds sing for the sun 5-3-20
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Tales of an urban forest
Low hoot echos in trees night hunter warns the forest it is awake silent glide, talon snatch, tearing flesh A raccoon will eat a neighbor’s chickens, kill a cat or dig through your trash. Squirrels swirl and chase disappear when moonlight comes; fear the owl, the possum, the silence of a snake that slithers in…
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Shaking the ground
In high school, he roamed the bottom ground along the river Dreamed of living in the woods living off the land, living off the grid One day, he woke up angry he did not know why he was just angry He went searching for a dead tree bald of bark and limb He did not…
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Tombo tanka
skims above water flits in and out of sunlight seeks for love or food summer’s iridescent djinn our lily frond faerie muse 4-22-20
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The cockolding weatherman
At 1 am you come to bed she asks for a weather report you say you don’t care it is raining and that’s good enough for you She gets up to take a pee sits on the edge of your bed listens as a soothing baritone voice says possible severe storms and tornadoes by 4…
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In the quiet
In the quiet, before the birds sing before she moves from her curved space in our bed Before cars come alive before the guy who talks to a voice in his ear buds walks by I fortify myself with coffee attempt to assume a prayerful attitude and count my blessings Before the dog one block…
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Entomology 2020
While I sat alone on a bench in the park a red mite walked across a page of Billy Collins poetry I fail to see any humor in this violation of my safe distancing – I don’t care about his politics or need to be seen Twenty-five years still remain on this flesh-suit warranty and…
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walk in the woods on a sunny morning
what is this science this magic that breaks rocks for food pulls water into thin air gathers light from sky hides a beetle from a bird that leaps from a branch soars towards the sun 4-15-20
My husband's poetry 