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reading her poems the stillness of hummingbirds in flight
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wind-borne seed . . . i have no doubt
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a beach dune drops a little sand . . . the autumn stars
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a voiceless cicada quivers on the reed by the heron's nest
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flowering briefly you and the spider lily
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the poet sings a new song sound of rain
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birdsong a clothesline dripping light
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"shore for the poet " "shore for the poet's work
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round and beautiful the moon breathing with cut grain slowly moves westward
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autumn the great blue gone from the marsh
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familiar hymns prayers worn deep in the wood
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autumn moon turtle crawls in the sand
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september mist?? someone i've lost
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summer clouds . . . the steps to the lighthouse are painted blue
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sweet magnolia spanish moss leans with the breeze
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more darkness more stars . . . autumn begins
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new coolness the old dog stays closer to home
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half moon your half interest in the tryst
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seventh-inning stretch a foam finger pointing at the autumn moon
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falling leaves my friend and i discuss clutter
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gray morning the concrete business of pigeons
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rocking chairs chained to the porch leaves in the wind
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moon viewing?? one of the garden lanterns lights up
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autumn wind the leaves too made of oak
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all hallow's eve moss-draped hemlocks fade into night
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the spiral in a red hothouse rose?? year's end
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longest day dipping cornbread in buttermilk
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heat wave a fly moves slowly away from my swat
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brush fire?? the sun goes down in flames
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withering heat on the shed's tin roof green black walnuts
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last blackberries again she playfully tells me to shush
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summer rain waking to find the tent the size of a mosquito
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random beach stone imagining my biography
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field of sunflowers?? at the edge a boy in a yellow hat
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summer's end the wisteria doubles back
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moonrise?? black swans make way for the rower
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opening day for sidewalk dining?? a waitress pulls weeds
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gray tree frogs calling from the ditch?? wrong side of the tracks
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up the mountain the dog brings his own ball
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starry evening i can still make you laugh
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river narrows the pitched call of an osprey
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uptown caf? . . . she picks the flowers out of her salad
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red campion the pathway unwinding so easily
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mountain top?? in the valley deep below death bells
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empty farmhouse a vine wrapped around the weathervane
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damp spring evening; body smells of the home-coming dog
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unmarked graves the wind holds a hint of sea
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half sun a ewe rests her chin on her dozing lamb
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wild seeds the garden arranges itself
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blossoms some of her words i know by heart
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lake mist the shaman speaks of water spirits
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brittle cold the day moon half gone
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farm for sale the grandchild picks a bouquet of weeds
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april playground only the teacher wears a coat
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swollen river a jacaranda bud in the child's palm
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third-day moon my side of the pizza with anchovies
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first frost radish seeds rinsed for the sprout jar
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what she said driving home the sound of blinkers
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sudden cries through the pines plough of geese
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memories the soot on the roof tiles
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freezing rain . . . the one who took the placebo
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thanksgiving drive after the bustle "quiet fields
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crow caws in all directions . . . the endless traffic
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january the wind ruffles walking crows
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night crossing?? salt spray rises up through the anchor hole
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taking his leave in a winter dream my oldest friend
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fall morning men move lumber from pile to pile
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moonless night the wet trash bags reflect the stars
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shallow stream the leaf that bumped my ankle drifts on
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late afternoon liquidamber leaves in the hamper
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sunlit moon the whiskey shines between sips
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autumn equinox salamanders cross the road from both sides
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cicada husk on the campus sidewalk?? sound of the fountain
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a marsh harrier slow over reed plumes indian summer
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the blues song in another chord autumn deepens
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wild thoughts?? the late geese and their bugling
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deep in the cedars walking to the jingle of our bear bells
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rib shadows on a loping coyote a field of cut hay
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releasing the day's only catch summer slips away
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autumn afternoon in the cemetery every bench taken
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river washed stones remembering a woman who knew how to love
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dry grass the rattle of ice in the tea pitcher
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summer's end a crawdad's firm grip on hotdog bait
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shallow river the boat at dragonfly speed
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garden bench my warmth left for the autumn rain
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deep night clocking the moon by the pine
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pink sunrise the black seeds of a watermelon
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evening cool two barefoot boys fish the stream
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heat wave?? children's voices after dark
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thunderclap the warmth of her breast
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gone to seed a wish not mine breezes by
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salad days the heat of hormones and beach sand
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young boys wrestling in the yard wild rhubarb
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boys' dorm the glow of a firefly in a bottle
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robbing the bees she speaks of lip balm
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city park sun getting low in the bottle
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sunday afternoon?? end of a dog's leash whipping through the grass
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the long heron a-a-wk toward a tree . . . middle of my daydream
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tail-flicking cattle mired mid river . . . the heat
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loons scattering . . . a floatplane touches down into summer
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