Category: sun
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Half Light
Before the sun wets horizon’s lip You sit in half light listening to birds call Back and forth I’m alive, I’m alive, I’m alive 2-25-21
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haiku at 8 degrees fahrenheit
from inside the house morning sun on snow welcomes caution, looks deceive 2-19-21
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haiku through my daughter’s window
winter sun outside glistens with dichotomy as a cold snow falls 2-9-21
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Conspiracy of trees
To keep from falling, roots reach deep, dance along the ground for air Limbs seek sunlight, search high and wide and go low when necessary Timbered land gives no witness testimony will not pass the blame or tell who tripped or poked your eye Trees talk among themselves, say here he comes, again with spade…
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shadow meditation
On the low wall that keeps your yard from tumbling into the road, sit….. watch sun shadows slant long across grass and into the street; leaves fall….. lonely, one at a time, their shadow stands at a distance, but….. as they drift to earth shadows race to catch them before they fall on cold ground.…
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Seeker of the warm
I move my chair into the sun Ask the earth to quit spinning So I do not need to move, again 11-19-20
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Wanted: A Pair of Wings
This morning specks of birds in distant sunny sky rise and float No crystal stair not even splintered boards tacks impaling bare feet Teach us to fly to leave the ground to soar above 11-4-20
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pillow talk
lying in the dark he said the sun comes and goes she said that is not true it is you who rolls away 10-22-20
My husband's poetry 