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watch repair all the clocks still set to standard time
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summer rain on the clothes line down feathers
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old railway tunnel? still hearing the sound of birdsong
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hotel entrance we re-examine the stars
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monkey puzzle trapped in the heart of the garden maze
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a tiny branch . . . the hummingbird keeps time to summer rain
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pale sun flickers across the buddha's face pulse of crickets
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the cry of a nightbird how slowly a rose opens in darkness
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trays of canap's at the picnic? crows
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long summer night? pale through the fire the rising sun
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lamb's ear the softness of summer rain
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work day's end the chimney smoke curls between raindrops
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first day alone coyote tracks in the sand
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last breath of fish in the seagull's beak broken sand dollars
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frogs out-do the church choir? evensong
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lazy afternoon the slow circles of a redtail hawk
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family dinner so many forms of silence
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lightning flash the dog's silhouette also trembles
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remembering the costa rican sun clink of ice cubes
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at the burial grief pauses for the mockingbird
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table tennis father and daughter both win
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live fish in the restaurant we choose tofu
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purple magnolias lingering twilight
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class reunion everyone else's ring fingers
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"this morning autumn" in the husks
of sunflowers
frost sliding on glass? tri-focals
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arms flung wide the laundry surrenders to the wind
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sunset the heron steps out of his shadow
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the countdown somebody else's new year's kiss
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waking to the hum of the furnace winter dawn
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haloed lights in a snow-covered parking lot hometown visit
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an albatross dips below the waves gale force swell
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knife wind my white breath stolen
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beside the graveyard train parked on the tracks
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spring melt a sheet of snow punched with crocuses
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mid-summer storm . . . a herd of dairy cows huddle together
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cherry smoke on the mantel nail her white dress
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day drizzle scrubbing the rainbow inside the pot
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first warm day the melancholy face of the tv dials
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ripening sky another slow turn of the cider press
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ki 3... 2... 1... 2012! ss
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moving day . . . inside this matchbox a cicada shell
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autumn sunset in the brown field a red tractor
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morning haze the voice from the dash relocating
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friday's dusk he brings home dark chocolate
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thunder the stray dog bolts
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this winter night slowly unfolding first star
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deep autumn the half-naked birch fully yellow
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overcast day the lamp posts filled with snow
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condolences i choose the card without words
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yet another bug buzzes the zapper whiskey moon
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morning fog the distance between boat and shore
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drizzly field the rattle of a tractor wades in the fog
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cutting the last rose stem . . . woodsmoke
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purple lightning irises in bloom
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the fat cat sits halfway home squash blossoms
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pine slabs dovetailing together carpenter's hands
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switchback . . . alpine aster all in bloom
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cold snap the sharp bite of a radish
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sparsh-swars from the sitar . . . jasmine breeze
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flea market . . . a monkey's paw under glass
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stormlight the magnolia bursts into flower
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alone at dusk waiting for the company of fireflies
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spring rain the lips and throat of the iris
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lingering in my sleeping bag campfire smoke
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autumn weeds . . . the orb spinner's warp and weft
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unfolding a field map of summer . . . butterfly
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pushing her lips together to form the sound? frogs
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afternoon stillness? my neighbor's chimes announce the breeze
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night rain the fainter sound of the ocean
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hazy sunset the weight of a ripe peach
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first crush . . . apple branches nearly touching
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butterfly house we're all six again
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open atlas the continental drift of clouds
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lightning-split oak? what would i be in another time?
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left-over snow in the juniper's shadow an old suet cage
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white sky a cloud of blackbirds erupts from an oak
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milky way . . . the way the cow path rings a hill
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the arch of her foot . . . feather shedding moon
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record heat? a song thrush beats against the tomato cage
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short-cut home weaving my shadow through storm-toppled trees
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humming fridge? the quiet thoughts of a robot
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easter morning a rapture of hawks squalls beyond the scud
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monsoon grackle stepping through raindrops
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apologies? cutting the bruise from the apple
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icy wind a shiver in the blackbird's song
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halloween witches on brooms come up the escalator
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woodland the silence of history
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weeping willow her golden hair once blew that way
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autumn winds campaign signs shifting positions
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his oil paintings so unlike mine? passion fruit
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swaths of grass curl across the yard . . . first snowman
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sleet the wind-chime's unfamiliar tune
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50 years slip away lacing up old skates
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medieval city a construction crane touches the sky
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new home another child's handprints in the driveway
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branch by branch a squirrel climbs the oak's shadow
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outdoor artist the color of the dog beside him
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morning frost lifting white socks higher the neighbour's cat
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summer dusk the sound of high heels from the backyard
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