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moon sliver the sound of dew dropping from leaves
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morning rain blue flames flicker under the teapot
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coffee-cup shadow mother and son in deep conversation
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winter sky? looking in my empty wallet again
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steady rain three vultures huddle on a hayroll
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a cold jar of young eels the moon in their eyes
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wisps of fog her red sweater comes and goes
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huge cedar snow resifted through hemlocks
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day moon? water runs slowly over a floe
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winter rain the flow of ants in the pantry
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wind swirls in the nursing home courtyard a few dry leaves
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deep winter the old dog's shadow lagging behind
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light from the snow; my wife shows me a small bloom on the hyacinth
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false spring cougar tracks in moist sand
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sunlit porch? a butterfly alights on mail from overseas
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spring melancholy a field of rape flowers gone to seed
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sweet peas tremble on the trellis the bride's i will?
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melon blossoms a yellow-powdered bee wipes its face
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cloudless sky a pheasant flies from the combine's teeth
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the garden butterfly? my daughter not close enough then too close
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afternoon hush? the cat takes another step towards a robin
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thunderclap the cadence of the rain changes
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slash burning? the scarlet tanager hits a high note
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family picnic the youngest child pockets a watermelon seed
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sunlit meadow my small knight chases dragonflies
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the drive-in movie screen covered with graffiti? shimmering heat
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summer noon? the hearse's blackness dazzles
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outdoor caf?? a song sparrow cleaning tables
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honeysuckle . . . the mailman takes a sniff as he closes the box
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city park a child brings me a dandelion
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graveside service a stray dog pisses on the casket
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humid afternoon the billboard painter brushing on a smile
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late summer? baring the tan line on my wrist
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bonsai gift unwrapped she removes the twist of wire
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crowd of umbrellas a child opens his face to the rain
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summer moon? the changing rhythms of a basketball
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faded overalls the garden weeds touch the scarecrow
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summer evening? a boat returns to harbor with pink sails
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opened door the darkness lengthens into a kitten
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from the balcony above a hand outstretched . . . rain
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sunrise . . . a mountain's shadow touches the city
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fluttering leaves the play of sunlight on my eyelids
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channel marker fledgling ospreys stretch their wings
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handmade paper? ink bleeding into a late summer moon
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reading by lamplight; sounds of a summer night press against the screen
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summer heat a cat drinks the water in the birdbath
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concert in the park? sudden raindrops change the tempo
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marmot hole snow in the shade of a lodgepole pine
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first spring day the bareness of legs
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mating season a marsh hawk commits himself to the somersault
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bear market? still the cherries blossom
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city dawn? window washers rise on their scaffold
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morning chores? the chatter of sparrows through the dryer vent
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sea rock in an old man's shape? another spring
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pulling a weed? the ladybug hangs on for the ride
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morning migraine the coo of a dove outside my window
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morning sunshine a wren weaves in and out of the trellis
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starry sky the honks of wild geese rise from the quarry
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cold moon slides up the long window shadow of her hand
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bare winter prairie... a little smoke rises from an empty field
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autumn wind a tiny spider husk spins in the moonlight
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a cottonwood stump brought in by the tide? sparrow song
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solitary walk dragging the stars through pines
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first frost? a daddy-long-legs skims over bright leaves
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prairie arroyo half-grown bison bulls corral the trucks
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december beach not a sign to be seen of christmas
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churchyard manger knots in the plywood backs of the wise men
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midsummer's eve the pond's last light stirred by dipping swallows
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dog days the sun-struck arc of the angler's cast
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beach run the salty taste of myself
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white birches fog drifts past the stone cairn
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autumn rain the long outside staircase to my room
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august moon the coolness of new sheets
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sparkling shoal water strider shadows cross the bottom
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morning fog a worm trail ends in a spiral
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steady autumn wind; balloons at the same slant in a used-car lot
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a deep bruise i don't remember getting autumn evening
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spring thunder? from the center of a pine stump a pine
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winter solstice the road narrows into one-way
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summer's end? beachstore buckets on dusty shelves anyoldhow
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mid-argument? a bumblebee stumbles in clover
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a spider weaves among the rosehips? no one at home
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schoolyard quiet? the scribble of ants in a stone shadow
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summer highway puddles of light merge with the sky
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the striped racer slithering to full length canyon wildflowers
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passing clouds? an ant swings on a grass blade
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my daughter's graduation? a gull separates from the rest of the flock
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the baby nods cottonwood seeds drift along the road
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a migrant worker in the 'native plants' median midday heat
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goldenrod bending heatwaves
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dog days . . . another block of hay pops out of the baler
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grit in the stomach of the steamed clam? summer heat
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smoldering coals the rattle of blue crabs in a metal bucket
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amber shallows a perch nibbles the sky to pieces
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the slow blink of radio tower lights ?autumn chill
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noon sun the cow chews her cud clockwise
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midday sun my shadow to the ocean floor
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passing thunderclouds? a waterstrider's rush to stay in place
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evening stillness the small bubbles as the trout rise
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autumn river? pulled together on the deck two white chairs
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