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hundreds of gulls feeding their chicks he points at the dead one
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first warm day?? the woodpecker works a shiny stump
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dark hallway an explosion of cut lilac
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muddy gloves a colourful bunch of empty flower pots
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next to the tracks an old bottle catching dawn
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years later mist still gathers in the same hollow
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a tap on the shoulder?? a raindrop
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town cannon a finch with twigs vanishes down the muzzle
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night rain the bedroom fills with memories
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we let our secrets out empty nest
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kneading dough?? a cold wind gathers yellow leaves
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first frost the birds that stay the birds that go
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mother's keepsakes . . . the questions i never asked
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quilting circle we rearrange pieces of our lives
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fishbowl telling a child about death
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a handful of kindling in the fireplace?? moving day
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deep woods an old stone wall buried in leaves
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making resolutions piles of fallen needles beneath the pine
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house sitting . . . the warmth of my friend's cat
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winter evening my boy's thin shoulders
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on a field of ripe tomatoes the empty wooden crates
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every place taken on the finch feeder september rain
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split milkweed pods?? getting to know him at his memorial
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a leaf?? its descent stopped by a child
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wembley stadium?? a blackbird sings to empty seats
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labor day?? scraping mold off government cheese
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breathe in breathe out autumn moon
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autumn dusk?? a fine layer of mist over the cricket pitch
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first mouthful of a warm cider doughnut scarlet hillsides
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moon at the window . . . i cut another eye from the potato
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cabbages starting to touch each other late-summer heat
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oars in unison slicing the river slicing the moon
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dimly lit porch the newspaper boy no longer a boy
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the storm's rain rising as mist . . . wings of a barn owl
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a curlew holds its second note . . . shadows lengthening
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small town hospital . . . sound of the typewriter
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night time?? moths queuing at the cash machine
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late summer flowers . . . the joy of a good sneeze
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settlers? cemetery an old yew creaks at noon
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gleam of mudflats?? a snail retreats into its shell
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honeysuckle where you first hear the river
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roaring wind?? my little thoughts for tomorrow
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ocean breeze a pitcher and his interpreter walk to the bullpen
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birdsong . . . the neighbor's light on at 3 a.m.
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sunrise?? the new calf fumbles at an udder
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morning commute sprinklers soaking the strawberry fields
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dense fog . . . the train evaporates into a distant horn
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first swallow . . . the calm of dawn slips away
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low sun?? a wren's song spirals
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coats dripping rain?? we discuss our addictions
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new year's dawn the dog waits beside his empty bowl
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deep winter the thin bones of her wrist
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bone chilling?? not enough night for all the stars
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cool march breeze?? between faded tea towels her frayed pink bra
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nascent spring this warm loaf of ten-grain bread
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white walls white pills . . . another day
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winter night the sound of mother's sewing machine
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winter evening a young woman smiles from the hair dye box
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first spring day?? even out of doors i want to go out
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daffodil shoots . . . underneath a bandage the cut begins to itch
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unemployment line the autumn wind fills with leaves
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solitude . . . smoke from the incense thickens a sunbeam
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father's ashes the sea spray chills my face
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christmas drizzle my children come home on different days
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storm warning the inflatable snowman lying low . . .
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lights from cities a passenger's shoulder touches mine
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bedside vigil . . . moonlight comes and goes
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cusp of winter?? passing into the mountain's shadow
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minute of silence . . . a single fir needle on the hardwood floor
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winter fog the minute hand stuck in place
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craggy overlook a tail swinging in the hawk's beak
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dry patches on the schoolhouse lawn?? remedial math
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broken pavement . . . she shows me the blackberry patch
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one turtle's foot on another's back labor day
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magpie season the schoolgirl's lunchbox on her head
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dull blade?? the way it opens up a peach
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after the funeral . . . i rotate the chessboard with each move
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moving day the children stick postage stamps on the bare kitchen floor
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harvest moon a soup chicken thaws in the sink
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fog lifting?? my cat finishes a sparrow
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fine china a dusting of pollen over my tea
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kite string between father and son
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house hunt?? our dog inspects all corners
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moving van?? the smell of fresh bread from a neighbor's kitchen
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too late to take it back: the purple spines of the sea urchin
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cell phone ringtone again in the mix?? mockingbird
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no one calls she gently dusts her porcelain rabbits
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early dawn the warmth of our son between us
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the long day a bug cleans its antennae
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summer night secrets escape through open windows
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first day of spring children risk marbles on the playground
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chore time the boy ties his kite to the scarecrow
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palm sunday the birdwatcher tiptoes out of church
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prairie grass a mustang runs with the wind
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memorial day his name her reflection in black granite
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easter eggs?? the multicolored faces of the children
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late for church from an open barn door the lowing of cows
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blue-eyed grass she asks if i love her
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in his woodshop . . . my father is lost in the grain pattern
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new home?? orienting myself to the sun
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