Category: trees
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Death match
Last night, we laid awake listened as a storm challenged trees in our yard to a death match trees replied, bring it on They fought to a draw Trees laughed at a minor pruning said they needed a hair cut the storm raced off to the north growling with a accent I’ll be back 4-13-20
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haiku in our daughter’s yard
rosette in the woods pre-paper origami wind asks forgiveness 4-13-20
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Under the meditation tree
the wind does not roar in trees ___ rather leaves and limbs cry out to one another ___ hang on tight this too shall pass 4-9-20
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rain haiku
rain rattled the treesyou heard before you felt rainit was good to rest 4-1-20
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Daily news
at the street by your mailbox you lean your rake against the broken wall watch white blossoms melt from trees and listen to daylight talk about mortality 4-1-20
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Loblolly pine
Dog tree sheds like a Siberian Husky Covers my clothes and shoes Desecrates upholstered lawn furniture Porcupine quill porch and window screens Dog tree leaves pine cones in the yard to step on Roots grow under feet to trip me Dog tree pollen chokes like a dog farting at my feet 3-25-20
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spring dawn
day light walks in trees says good morning to the sun wears a bright green gown 3-21-20
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haiku ritual
rituals beginin limbs of oak and mapletwo mockingbirds dance 3-19-20
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Alternative Zoology 101
A squirrel in the magnolias at Gervias and Assembly Is cowed by a pig that ruts on a private golf course. How a pig can cow a squirrel, I do not know. 3-15-20 Written for my friend, Arik and the campaign to close our public schools during this world pandemic
My husband's poetry 