Category: sky/sunrise/sundown
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haiku before neighbors wake
first light tinged orange frozen snow echo foot steps on chimneyed houses 2-3-21
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First Light
Before the sun Before footprints where sidewalks hide Before the first cars cut ruts for others to follow I stare out the window At the crystalline blanket Night pulled over rich homes and poor souls Wait for plows To rumble awake and Clear the street out to the main road Soon shovels will pile Perfection…
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sunrise haiku
because light’s glare blinds stand in the shadows and watch motes dance with the wind 12-7-20
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two haikus
darkness does not fall it slowly lays down to rest so it is not hurt morning does not break it wears rosy pink panties under its blue jeans 11-21-20
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shadow
at sunrise you cast a long shadow unable to discern it shrinking at your feet you stare anyway come midday it grows again and disappears come night fall 10-1-20
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travel haiku
puff ball cotton clouds concrete ribbon wrapped mountains green day commute home 9-19-20
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air travel
humid overcast still air sound of flight landing or takeoff coming or going skyward it pulls you 8-25-20
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Pleiades rejoice
the heavens were hooded last night the Perseid meteor shower hid from view a slice of the moon played peek-a-boo with clouds, I asked questions of myths and constellations, mused that if Orion carried an EpiPen and didn’t die from a scorpion’s sting and had erectile dysfunction and every mythic star knew the Pleiades wouldn’t…
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Dreaming in a time of covid
On the deck of our house a grove of ancient oaks drifted overhead Years ago, a tornado gathered them up and carried them away into the sky Trees loved the sky and the sky loved the trees they fed one another air Among the trees a large white farmhouse drifted like a cloud Last night,…
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Excuse me
Sun comes softly on overcast morning not quite sure when rotation breaks against horizon spilling light into day Saturday’s dog walkers sleep in city trucks do not circle the park yoga warriors come in fewer numbers But still they come to roll out mats legs, shoulder width apart weight shifting from side to side A…
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