Category: trees
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living in 4/4 time
All night it rained/Morning smelled fresh/Glistened on green Tacit Wind walks through trees/Shakes water loose/Patters on leaves 8-20-20
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Listening to Thunder as Rain Passes By
at the edge of thirst flowers and trees wait for rain beg to bathe dust from limbs grit from hair rain cares not about desire need or love 8-15-20
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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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haiku after rain
soft sings high grass bird gentle wind shakes wet from trees last night’s rain falls twice 7-30-20
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Porch rain
Hot summer day late afternoon rain water flows in street Thunder overhead somewhere a tree is cleaved to ground No matter, how cool you try to be, a flash and crack makes you jump You steal yourself for the next one and hope it doesn’t strike too close 6-30-20
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When the storm came
when the storm came trees stood firm on the ground high above they sparred with the wind bobbing and weaving throwing punches at the sky 6-27-20
My husband's poetry 