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riffles . . . a belted kingfisher splinters the light
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maroon recliner unwanted in the corner motionless sea
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prairie sky the trucker secures a wide load
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a fossil fish in a box of beach sand . . . first day of school
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almost dusk the trawler men drink tea
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dad's yahrzeit?? a white moth clings to my window
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ship's rail?? moonlight all the way to the moon
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indian summer?? the distance between roses
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dry brook a choice of stepping stones
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first men on the moon the first time i tasted rattlesnake
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heat spike a blister beetle probes the cactus flower
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i remember your braid?? girl gone to soldier
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a mill wheel slowly turning?? more and more stars
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thunderstorm?? the autistic boy beats his drum
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skinny dipping the black eyes of the fish crow
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the child a bit ahead of us summer stars
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hiroshima day a giant peony blooms in my dream
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moonless night i close my eyes and disappear
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early morning silence . . . soon enough everything
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summer solstice one flip-flop circling the pool
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shade for the longest day of the year ????? clouds we?ll never feel again
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landfall for a jellyfish and lightning
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for a moment your shadow is my shadow
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drawn blinds . . . just in time a skink slips from my sandal
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cumulonimbus a man rolls a cardboard box too large to carry
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a girl's laughter?? waterfalls flinging rainbows
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shooting star my wish for an unhurried life
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the woman i say i don?t love key lime pie
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afternoon tea?? each ant takes away a granule of light
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along the roadside dixie cups of summer wind . . .
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fording the river the moment closest to neither bank
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north star so many places to call home
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distant galaxies . . . taking another wrong turn
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heat lightning the fly moves below my ankle bone
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day moon the hollow sound of the water tank
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summer night: the coin laundry's fish-less tank
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goat-bell a star goes out
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midnight dusk the blur of moths around a buddleia
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a deceased friend taps me on the shoulder?? plum blossoms falling
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a drop of pond at the end of a beak setting sun
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gunshot every pine needle pointing at something
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new year's eve an invitation to be japanese
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the rasp of a homemade broom morning chill
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master potter almost not touching the clay
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crashing waves mother darns a sock by candlelight
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a slight tinkling in the dishwasher winter evening
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juncos burst from snowy bushes the glitter
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frozen moon a red pagoda in the fishbowl world
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saffron dawn a leafless tree live with birdsong
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hallowe?en a sky full of waxwings flock to the rowan
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snow before dark the field bundled into bales
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the neighbors all seem busy . . . last days of fall
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almost winter the spider makes a repair
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pumpkin carving many faces come to mind
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evening walk the deer must know me by now
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plymouth rock generations of boaters debating the moon
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condo skeleton the hunter's moon moves to the penthouse floor
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winter solstice every windshield transports a sun
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fly after fly . . . the steady swish of a bull's tail
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end of summer our daughter's vacation gets shorter each year
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near sunrise the aspens already alight
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labor day a crown of mushrooms on the compost pile
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morning sun the headstone shadows align
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high tide a plastic dump truck moves another shell
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harvest time . . . the doubts that leave the doubts that remain
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morning fog a few poppies burn through
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harvest feast the warmth between my parents
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kitchen conversation we allow the dusk to linger awhile
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midnight moon dark stalks of spanish dagger pierce the snow
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soft rain the clatter of young barn owls trying their wings
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bleak morning her footprints filled with rain
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first love all but forgotten the meadowlark's song
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sun clears the ridge a finch's gold flickers in the woodpile
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eggshell fragments what i know of the mother i?ve never known
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the cries in the marsh rain jacksnipes
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old cemetery the gate swings both ways
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bathed in sunlight the day roost of the rufous owl
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climbing out of the ocean's roar cliffside daisy
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winter solitude?? a potato begins to sprout
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clinic waiting room?? beyond the window blinds more walls
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clear and cold the home health nurse late again
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on the ride home river ice breaking our silence
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feeble light the slow melting of eucharist
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meditation?? the dent in the monk's head
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black ice?? dad's bloodwork in
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new friends the potholed road to their house
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sound over white waves swan
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pear blossoms on the windshield we wave goodbye
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posting the cards . . . almost enough snow for a snowman
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winter solstice her first kiss since the divorce
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winter solstice halo of a candle flame behind a drawn shade
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new year's eve leftovers warming in the pot
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going back into the memento box everything fits
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festival of lights?? the old dog begging biscuits
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my tea cup still too hot to hold the shortest day
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last day of the year?? red plastic roses fading in the shop window
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dried anemone in a diary "no when
no where
thinking the unthinkable?? old cat
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hint of frost the spruce tipped with jupiter
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pumpkin weather the big smiles of the candidates
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