Category: poetry
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plastic beach haiku
06/30 – laughing, squealing kids front yard inflatable pool Summer plastic beach
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‘4th of July’
7/6/2024 Cousin Billy lived across the backyard fence. We’d play army in the Summer, crawling through bushes and back yards our parents did not own. Both of us wanted to be Vic Marrow so we took turns in charge of our combat platoon. High school came and went. Billy went off to Vietnam, came home…
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‘Song of the South’
7/7/2024 Abandoned husk lies at my feet. Cicadas drone in trees, “The more I sing,” they say, “The closer I am to leaving.” “Come find me and let’s procreate before I become another abandoned husk.”
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‘The Day After Sunday’
07/08 listening to dark fade into light blue jay, cardinal, Carolina wren celebrate survival of the night soon they’ll wake the mourning dove neighbors parade their dogs past our porch I recite the name of God upon my knuckles go inside to read the news about a hurricane before the day grows too hot
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‘Bare Feet on Cool Concrete’
07/11 along tree top boulevards sunrise dances its happy dance leaves pirouette and dip flashing light and shadows siren screams get out of my way I’m coming through rush hour drones on it has work to do northern cardinals and Carolina wrens trill in the distance no lost causes disturb their songs
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night rhythms
7/13 night rhythms all night long tree to tree call and response life calling to life I am here, come find me
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‘Where For Art Thou, Black & Decker’
07/13 hum of mower across the street sounds like hot summer Saturdays preparing my father’s lawn for Sunday whine of weed eater trims his fence no getting down on knees cutting by hand childhood Sunday memories may have been fonder if my hands did not have blisters …my sunburned neck reeking of Noxema
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