My husband's poetry

Category: travel

  • Waking in a strange house

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    cfblack
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    Above my head blue jay searches in roof gutter finds just the right piece and flies away. A deer samples leaves in the underbrush. Distant motorcycle accelerates, shifts gears and is gone. Family wakes on the other side of the door,; soon, I will go inside to sit on the couch until it is time…

  • Cashews

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    cfblack
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    Racing south towards home. mist on the windshield, white clouds on green mountains. The crunch of cashews keeps me awake. Tonight, I’ll sleep in my bed. 5-29-23