Category: nature
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1/11 haiku
around a fire pitfriends ignore a threat of rainwatch wood become coal 1-11-20
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a storm
Sit on side porch listen to the dark Wind roars angrily at trees trees shake their heads and laugh Lightning rumbles like a kettle drum Rain beats ground gurgles in drain pipes Sirens complain on their way to a call Distant train wails goodbye. as it leaves for the coast Sounds of a storm racing…
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Alexander the Dead
Alexander lies abandoned no Bucephalus or Hephaestion golden shield, sword or lion cape Once he was the chosen one blood and gore – spoils of war rally the troops, the rabble and hangers on He died of a malarial fever his corpse a tourist attraction at the mouth of the Nile Now he lies in…
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Cayce river walk
In shade of an eddy where you drank children fished for brim and sunfish with a cane pole and a worm every summer you leaned a little more above the river towards the light where no trees stood I would sit at your feet watch spotted newts hide in plain sight and ask you the…
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The taste of fresh shelled walnuts
East of town along a gravel road next to a barbed wire fence a large walnut tree grew On a day ripe for playing Mom piled her kids in a ‘57’ DeSoto to pay a visit to a lonely tree We gathered up free walnuts in a burlap bag from weeds in the ditch under…
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Collecting sea shells
on this last day of 2019 be kind to yourself and remember: sixty percent of who you are will slake your thirst wash you clean or drown you if you let it love yourself and the briny sea that laps your feet within you is an ocean with sand shimmering on the shore awaiting the…
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Father Barzare
Father Barzare blesses 100 gallons of water Father Barzare loads it in a plane Father Barzare crop dusts his little Louisiana parish Father Barzare blesses saint and sinner Father Barzare blesses rich and poor souls Father Barzare blesses the cow, the pig, the chicken, the rat, the insect, snake and worm Father Barzare blesses the…
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Dear Dr. Alpert
…I woke up this morning and read of your walking through a door in the sky …I hope this was as good for you as you were to us …I hope someone was there to walk you home illumined by countless stars …I hope you are allowed to continue investigating truth in all the worlds…
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