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december dusk i will never visit my grandparents' birthplace
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sunrise performing what i imagine tai chi to be
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not getting the whole story? this ladybug on my page
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carrying on as if nothing had happened dogwood in bloom
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morning frost invitation to a white wedding
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hot afternoon the shoe seller kicks a butt into the canal
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pebbled beach no sound skips into the new year
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starry night pills snug in their bottle
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twilight? the scent of clover in her hair
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mountain overlook? we speak in whispers
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tall ships the rifted sky closes . . . opens
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in the shade of a towering oak acorns dropping
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a grackle not as black as the memory of grackles
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a river of corn lilies divides the meadow yellow butterfly
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high tide the taste of salt on your lips
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under the voices of summer birds raven
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muggy sunrise the brown spider crawling up the web
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green shoots in the cherry tree's shade last year's cherries
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midsummer quiet the cascading shades of mountain ridges
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a gap in the leaf shadows summer moon
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one tree without buds last year's empty nest
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crescent moon my old knees creak up the stairs
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another dead camera battery fading peonies
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morning heat a swallowtail drifts into the blue
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cherry bush drooping with fruit sparrows and finches
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one vanilla scoop moon rising over the brooklyn bridge
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winter slump? wearing out the fabric of my easy chair
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framed in the kitchen window venus rising
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easter incense the prayers i never learned in latin
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shoveling snow . . . a wind gust halos the street light
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one white sail on the horizon silence between waves
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tracing the fades of the spring river the wagtail's tail
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sundown the slap of a beaver's tail
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clouds racing a sundog disappears
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iris garden the sisters pose in purple dresses
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hangover . . . an empty beercan fills with rain
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bus stop the conversation takes a strange turn
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the fireworks the constellations summer heat
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the weight of late sunlight peach boughs
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father's day picking up the same broken shells
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power failure watching the moon instead of tv
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outside goodwill a new pair of old jeans and the blue sky
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balancing on a blade of grass nightfall
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january . . . cat turns on the electric blanket
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evening fog the crack of a home run from the ball park
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main street a sign points the way to the cemetery
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chipped nail polish the red of a leaf falling
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half-empty bottle whiskey trembles at a touch
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fireworks home from the war my uncle flinches
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autumn damp? old leaves composting in the back lot
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empty bleachers a sparrow takes a dust bath behind home plate
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walking in flip-flops on top of the leaves indian summer
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rainy day the street musician's empty tip box
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poverty no matter where you go the moon
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no exit sign the door scuffed with boot marks
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silhouetted trees against a hazy moon? end of vacation
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full moon lemon slice floating in my teacup
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black elder shakes its shadow loose early snowfall
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snow melt? a puddle of lost mittens
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west coast sky? the cat dreams of catching eagles
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beachside after iced tea "his cold
cold kiss"
manhattan bus doors clossse with a hisss
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doctor's rounds a frantic search for her good teeth
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on the railing a leaf hopper studies my pen
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wading out into the creek water lilies
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grandma's coffee table the yellow green orange of old jelly beans
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dawn chorus the sky surrendering its indigo
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through a slice in the sunset sky new moon
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chinook's in melting snowman loses face
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tree-shimmering pond the jazzband wavers through birdland
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veterans day removing his prosthetic arm at the airport
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old camp road? plumes of dust eddy in the heat
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snowflake the moment before it melts his smile
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knee deep snow hiking all the way to the mailbox
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strolling policeman even the spider hides behind the bench
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back from war the soldier cleans his room
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day moon the call of a goose from the south bank
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twilight lake a solitary loon dives into itself
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alight bend pivot shudder flutter bye
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open air stage in the moon's spotlight a dancing moth
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small town idling at the red light horse & buggy
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winter beach two herring gulls dip into sunrise
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river sunset above my head a circle of buzzards
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new self-knowledge a sinkhole to the right of the path
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inuksuk first??????one then??????????many
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outdoor theatre watching the crow watching the play
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midnight thunder zigzag lines cross the sky . . . the crack in my mirror
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blending with ice fog . . . my breath
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the wind through wild plum blossoms deeper breath
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"ice cream basketball" 'subway not fast enough
for one-day weekends
time enough to read this one second added
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shape of the afternoon a dog shakes its checkered coat
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snow angel the shadow of a raven's wing
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january thaw? we are speaking again
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winter ball... instead of her hand i kiss her mitten
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hunger moon even my dreams empty
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the smell of snow
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not yet winter? the ptarmigan already white
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summer apples dangle "up down
side to side?"
dream of a lost moon snow light
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