Category: singing
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Rabbit dance
after everyone has gone to bed outside the patio window new snow moonlit ecstasy maybe, a need to stay warm is the only reason they dance new snow moonlit ecstasy outside the patio window after everyone has gone to bed 2-7-21
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handful of tercets
in the woods by the pond high up in a tree lone bird calls alone three notes repeatedly does it call for love for a friend or just to hear its voice piercing tercets reaching out again and again and again in the woods by the pond high up in a tree 1-3-21
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The knock
2 am – knock at my window. It was not a raven or ghost of anything past. The wind had shifted and it was only the rain come calling in the night. I told Wallace Stevens to wait, went out and stood on the porch, wondered if my neighbors would be upset, if rain knocked…
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How Zappa met Suzy Cream Cheese
You climb out of bed, put on a tee-shirt, sweat pants and a ball cap Walk to the corner store, buy coffee in a styrofoam cup Lady at the counter tells you to zip up Instinctively, you reach down and zip your pants She barks you could have turned around to zip your pants You…
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Sing
After dark you begin singing descants in the trees Cicadas cocoon in burrows, await future summer casting calls I lie awake in the middle of the night and still you sing In pre-dawn dark, I celebrate your will to live your song of life Forage careful or you may become a silk wrapped spider larder…
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Bob’s Reggae kind of morning
Last night’s rain drops Drip from trees Rhythms birds sing Not taught in school Water strums on leaves A knowing back beat “Cause every little thing Is gonna be alright” 9-25-20
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The caressing bow
in fresh mown grass she stood outside the hospice window bow caressed violin _____ on the other side music embraced her mother kissed her cheek and said goodbye 9-23-20
My husband's poetry 