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withered corn the runner in last place turns it on
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mountain music the poverty in minor chords
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thanksgiving we have the wind chill to talk about
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cold snap a bite of the radish
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miles to go . . . the grazing roadside deer
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squirrels chasing each other . . . i am still alive
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shadows drifting into the garden the hunter's moon
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perseid shower?? tiny green apples dot the lawn
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child's grave from birth to death the moon
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old stream?? the moon floats into the blue hour
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squabbling squirrels i no longer remember the names of childhood bullies
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indian summer a kid drags his backpack in the dust
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yellow leaves her 30-step hopscotch in pink
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down the street and back again october wind
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ancient courtyard bagpipes and drums pulsate through the cobblestones
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ochre moon the road-train's light in the kangaroo's eyes
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readying for bed i open the shade and let in the moon
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sun low chins rested on the losing oars
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dusk?? sandpipers jab the foam
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outside the wake cigarettes dot the dark
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autumn chill the cracks i don?t step on
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autumn light the cantor sings a sinner's prayer
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almost a moon the weight of the glass as it empties
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my sister's side of our childhood moonlit night
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early autumn the old priest trembling with tolls
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shared grief the splash of oars in the fog
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snap of a clipboard in the all-day workshop the heat
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heat lightning?? christmas beetles spangle the fly screen
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yet again by the river a pair of knickers
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old pond?? if only my face would stay so smooth
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bamboo bending in the wind?? i bargain for mangos
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know-it-alls talk through rolled down windows dusty road
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village festival?? the last firework joins the moon
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aftershock a tremor lingers in the dog
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waning summer moon mom and i compare hands
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summer's end?? a dog-chewed stick by the edge of the pond
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cocktail chatter fruit flies sally glass to glass
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bottlebrush in bloom there was a time in my life when i wore red
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breathless quiet of a summer evening . . . ship in a bottle
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forested ravine just enough light let through to gild a ripple
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wildflowers today's news the same as yesterday's
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hummingbird with the wave of an arm i work out her tattoo
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never more open?? the precision of a water lily
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tangled roots at the high tide line a white feather
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sunset stretched shadows a strawberry seller holds out the day's last box
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where words fall away all of the lily
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summer solstice the old canal lock cranked wide open
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fragrance fills the gap between the flowers
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bullfrog moon silence goes where the heron goes
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crashing waves our footprints meet in the sand
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shiny tin can maybe peas
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teashop table . . . i watch rain drops pop on the road
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irises open or closed the round mouth of the iron bell
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starry night the space in me she fills
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sound of a car hitting the manhole?? all-day drizzle
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believing she loves me . . . the blue of the sky
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all night rain she begins with ?let's talk?
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brisk breeze the wayward kite stretching a boy taut
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graduation a bee crawls on the cap in front of me
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barnacles persist along the pier . . . our second honeymoon
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my future . . . from beyond the fence sheepbells
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dry season ends the scent of wet earth saturates me
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class on the quad my eyes drift to the afternoon moon
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thunderhead flies return quickly to cantaloupe rinds
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13th birthday . . . wild rose buds angled out
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childhood home . . . my climbing tree's phantom limbs
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spring morning i decline the offer of a draw
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fountain pool all the circles where the coins used to be
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no wind no breath to lift the sails baby swans
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the flag at half mast orchard blossoms fill the bigger picture
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getting acquainted some wild mint in the garden
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in a nut shell there is never enough room
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how to dress her for eternity?? blossom rain
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on hold?? the rain turning to snow
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hill climbing?? with each step beech leaves younger and younger
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bend in the river swans introduce their young to the flock
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migrating geese?? the things we thought we needed darken the garage
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looking not looking roadkill
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each streetlight with its own rain?? click of mah-jong tiles
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the first night the bright star's below the horizon
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news of her death on the night table the book unsigned
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hummingbird flight the swiftest movements are invisible
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the last stair step?? breathing the sky
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an empty chair beside me?? crickets' requiem
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softly at first on a swollen wind voices in the rain
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harp music . . . wild pear blossoms in the teacher's window
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ebb tide beach so much to be treasured left behind
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twilight beach?? a full moon rises from the darkening sea
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late summer one floating leaf already red
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late summer clouds a light breeze rustles white hydrangea
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first frost golden foliage holds the sunlight
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a faint silver line arches the night sky . . . moonbow!
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gray summer sky seed-beads sparkle on a blue silk thread
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a final splash while the light holds . . . golden shafts
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clear sky how much she loved the color blue
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sunlit hilltop she gently sets down her daisy chain
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school closed fireflies gather under the willow
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this lambent light over autumn fields southbound geese
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"morning glories " "butterflies
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no last goodbye so soundlessly the turtle returns to the sea
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