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rolling thunder the bass on the car stereo passing by
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a line of gulls fencing the shoreline unbroken sun
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tax time? a gnome hunches over his desk in the garden
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a whiff of jasmine as she unties her hair? hint of rain
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pausing to ponder the dragonfly on my pen's point
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a better day the sink ant granted a reprieve
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contract signed the wind catcher twirls to the right
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all night drive the moon goes full and past
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river eddy the ripples of fish catching twilight insects
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clown car . . . nothing works but the horn
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jamun tree . . . the stains of summer on my lips
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light pollution? the fireflies flickering out
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morning lights an egret cluttering yesterday's foot prints
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knee deep in heather the purple scent of summer
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ear of barley crescent moon
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morning a busy spider weaving leaf to leaf
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hovering over summer clouds . . . mom's lullaby
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still pond a crooked coconut tree licks its own image
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undercurrents? the snapping turtle surfaces
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deep noon a squirrel chases a tree shadow
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washing day sheets billow shaping the breeze
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midnight moon? the violet of violets almost black
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hotel ruin a chime of finches in the rafters
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passing train strobe light of the setting sun on the hedges
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mountain haze the remains of my dream in fading blossoms
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hangman? the snapped branch of the silver birch
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cyan lake . . . a fishing net catches the first light
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long drive scent of fresh tea breaks the mist
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into the blue a white swan rising
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receding waters the sea unseals a thousand puddles
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the slickness of the otter's back? night rain
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jasmine blossoms the farmer returns with fishy dreams
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rippling the breeze arrives and retreats
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falling mist touching the spaces between falling leaves
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from both sides of the border cockcrow
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c-section . . . a lark hatchling beaks the full moon
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new moon . . . footprints circling the winter apple
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why should a fiddlehead become a fern? flower moon
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mid-winter the heart of sweetbox thru an open gate
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poolside palms the play of shadows all day long
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broken twigs short end of wishbones among the tombstones
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first snow from the jay's beak a full moon rises
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courting cats a pane of glass between them
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out of the canyon out of the blue a flute
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paper boat "cradled by the sky "
cradling the sky
new moon? the wolves howl within themselves
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galahs a deeper shade of pink sunrise
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a pelican turns dives and surfaces crescent moon
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autumn afternoon the cat's eyes follow each falling leaf
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what if . . . around the pig's snout green butterflies
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winter blessings snowflakes one by one
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lime cordial the tinkle of ice forty years ago
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warm breeze caught on the grass one dragonfly wing
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autumn rain . . . the birdbath fills drop by drop
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old fire pit moss grows where there were songs
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coffee shop our family stories darkly roasted
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outdoor patio the hummingbird into the flower tattoo
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first of october clipping peppers in the evening rain
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rain shower from the gutters: crickets
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soaking in mozart a purple cactus flower on the windowsill
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winter kinglet learning the yes and no of each branch
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draughty sill the dead moth back on its feet
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a quiver in the folk singer's voice . . . dappled sunrise
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mild winter cloaking the creek tundra swans
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sultry air the marsh grass overtakes the path
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drawing near? the loon's call still sounds from afar
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it selects the m to build its nest walmart
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roadside tree ribbons streaming from the bend
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thunder carry? the long slow slope to the valley
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fingers burning i take my blues higher
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dead of winter i was where i am when the snow began
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last rays of sun? crows suddenly gold-winged
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her last year at primary school the wren's tail
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shuttle-bus-driver our daily conversation about the lottery numbers
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falling through a metal net city moon
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anniversary of my father's death leaves falling off a mountain
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eventide? crows find the last piece of blue sky
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on the edge of town an outfield keeps on going
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graduation day cool breeze stirring gowns and leaves
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will pay anything the medal collector who missed the war
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inlaws coming the dog knows how to play dead
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snow melt the barn owl glides across the moon
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on the underbelly of the falcon? the dawn's pink light
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in the snow footprints going away her last gift
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heat haze? the call of doves from the oaks
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morning escapes through newly empty air acorns
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adrift in a fishbowl . . . stray moon
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warm sand we leave our impressions behind
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dusk? moths doze on my window
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clouds cling to the mountain stories you try to forget
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cool nights the morning glory's delicate purple
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fading in and out of the overcast sky? crescent moon
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day's end my daughter asks for the moon
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dawn? a sudden beating of wings against my window
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october what flowers are left lie down
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thanksgiving huddled on cold asphalt gulls with no necks
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urban rainbow? the factory chimneys glow gold
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low tide a band of surfers compare scars
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late night special the postman rings a broken bell
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florida spring? the brown chameleon turns green
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