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sand covers the salmon bones?? autumn begins
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teeth on its catch the rasp of an otter's breath autumn dusk
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deserted trail my heart skips a beat over a turtle
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inside pitch?? learning to pronounce new names
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morning prayers her hopi flutes stacked in the sunflower can
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hospital window?? a fingerprint against the summer sky
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long summer another dog snarls at me
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lily-of-the-valley the effortless dance of butterflies
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spanish guitar?? leaf shadows flicker on the empty floor
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on vacation?? the sound of the inn settling
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exam table my feet sway to an old song
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hole in the footbridge i spit straight in my face
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rusty gate the beaten track of its swing
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nearly spring a new facade for the bridal shop
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daffodils?? in first grade i played the one in jesus? garden
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small town garage miss december nineteen ninety
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navy housing she plants her garden in pots
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two steers rub their heads together morning chill
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sleety rain the flowered umbrellas sold out
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spring greening a teat for each piglet but one
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hometown visit an urge to go full tilt across the speed bumps
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spring dusk?? a camellia follows the curve of the moon
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a bare bulb burning in the barn?? winter fields
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winter grasses a break in our interconnectedness
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hallway light flickers?? i inch towards the dead mouse
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idling bus the driver blows into cupped hands
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long talk the sunny side of the street has switched
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cold ocean moon shards leap from waves to rocks
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bedside watch a barn owl shrieks in the snowy spruce
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winter morning i shovel the drive twice waiting for the hearse
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deep inside the city's sound winter crows
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snow moon two porch chairs facing each other
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?regrets . . . i?ve had a few? too much apple on the peel
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colors change telling jokes in a foreign tongue
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december sunset the red inside the mare's thin coat
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withering wind . . . a hurt with a name i can?t pronounce
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christmas dinner the fifth burner finally ignites
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a moonlit pumpkin field in the rearview she fixes her makeup
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all souls? day zombies return to the costume shop
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what's left of my faith: light from one star in a blue-black sky
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firelight the hiss and crackle of an old lp
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december rain the scooter bumps room to room
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new coolness more neighbors know my dog's name
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school desk one name carved deeper than the rest
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moonlit shadows his hands find my dark places
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no voice but for the stones autumn brook
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hazy moon?? dad's walking stick knocking in the trunk
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small-talk a flock of starlings settles on the fence
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her due date the apple at the tip tilts the limb
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corn husk dolls she hardly remembers the old place
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central park after a jogger the pigeons regroup
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autumn leaves the river picks up its pace
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morning yoga?? the curve of a lizard on the wall
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thunderclouds the soft boom of a bittern
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strewn mimosa a carnival creature snaps at the crowd
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ripened corn i write the last line to my thesis
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a cockroach on the welcome mat . . . motel dusk
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anywhere sun finds the creek water striders
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six o?clock news i magnify the world of a praying mantis
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lunch hour?? a whisper of pigeon wings enters the conversation
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wasteland the dandelion head emptied of seeds
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last night of summer the old cat and i go out with the stars
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traces of light?? the way back to the stars
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a bit drunk the sea softly crashing
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a perfect circle drawn in the sand?? my hand trembles
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crescent moon bare arms brush evening primrose
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mallards drift into the pickerelweed lazy afternoon
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creek crossing her hand in mine one rock at a time
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she calls to tell us she has news dandelion breeze
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red chili pepper i compare her calendar with mine
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letting the day take me . . . a sea otter floats on its back
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low tide the metal detector misses sunset
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campfire sparks?? someone outside the circle starts another song
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unfazed by my problems the moon
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horsetail clouds?? a biker shrinks into the open miles
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new year's day waiting for the wishbone to dry
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snowflakes . . . no two winters quite the same
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the time it takes to thaw the breast milk?? winter night
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winter seclusion yeast froth rises in candlelight
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in the quiet of a love scene our cat purrs
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decrystalizing the jar of honey . . . january sunrise
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a howl crossing the ice the moon
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late in the day?? the hiss of water boiling over
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winter thaw the spilled seed cool to the touch
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gulls cry in a gun-metal sky?? the still water
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circling her grave a bitter wind shifts the family
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the hedgehog yet to hibernate . . . rain-matted leaves
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under her coat my shirt first snowflakes
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almost winter?? the blind man's dog looks at me
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lamplit breath floats along the shore ghost stories
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pecans falling?? we wait for our grandson to visit
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church bell the smell of snow
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the headstones tilt at different angles dustings of snow
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flickering lights . . . he notices my handwriting on the presents from santa
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harvest moon over an empty wheat field gettysburg
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just can?t help it correcting the grammar of the blues singer
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full moon he asks if i?m ready to sing
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dusky nettlebed the stream just deep enough for ducks to dabble in
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falling oak leaf?? dance macabre of its shadows
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big city morning?? shadows hiding my shadow
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