Category: nature
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Sand Djinning
low tide stroll gulls hover for handouts … pin holes in sand pop open as you watch … ocean introverts ghost shrimp tunnel deep … ebbing tide flees a waning moon 3-9-20
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23 hour day
I meant to walk at sunrise but daylight went without me left a gibberish note about lumens and a bank I laid back down and dreamed of vaults filled with bars of shimmering light 3-8-20
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beach haiku
bright sun, salty breezewhite gulls, white waves and white noiseSunday at the sea 3-8-20
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haiku for 3-04
tired of rain, song birdsask the morning breeze about newsof blue skies and sun
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How Nothing Gets Done
after a storm wishing you had a saw doesn’t clear debris blocking the path through the woods or cut and stack firewood in your yard or build a fire to sit around with friends 2-28-20
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Venison
“A fawn discovering its legs/she perched on tall heels/with faux diamonds on the toes” from ‘Girl on the Bus’ by Andrew K Clark midnight deer stilted headlight run across road three friends wait late night foray stiletto feet tail in air if she’s not careful she won’t see morning 2-25-20
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Haze
What is it about acrid smoke haze at dusk that makes you think of sandlot football family suppers and warm thoughts? What is it about burning leaves sock hat and gloves stirring dry leaves into a fire before you go inside? What is it about smokey piles dotting the neighborhood flavoring air like fog off…
