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starlit sky a touch of dampness on the scarecrow
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autumn in the park a soprano saxophone merges with the night
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tire marks on the neighborhood street evening heat
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hot summer day the shape of a bicycle that's been run over
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one tree downhill from the others the limit of shadows
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watermelon moon she pedals slower closer to home
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drive-thru exit a one-legged gull waits to take my order
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heat wave a crow follows the train tracks
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midsummer heat?? prayer flags fade on temple trees
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summer waters . . . the slack in each line
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lingering twilight a water dragon's tail dangles in the pool
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midnight?? another ping from the empty pop can
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bayside picnic trying to favour the one-legged gull
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family reunion memories of the way it never was
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old friends a rustle of pea pods against the fence
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beach festival a child pats the damp in her castle wall
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from the lookout mountain after mountain . . . ant on the gravel path
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heat storm the weight of his hand almost touching mine
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the secluded creek of our childhood still deep in places
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a flip-flop in the middle of the street the heat
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starless night i crush the emptiness from a soda can
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the wide blue sky following behind an orange tractor
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purple almond tree?? today i?ll not forget where i parked the car
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all the answers in the back of the book?? summer solstice
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morning clouds the swan waddles over a shallow part
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outdoor market caged parakeets hang with the chickens
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girl in a meadow the random flight of a swallowtail
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last day of school lessons clapped from the erasers
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maple trees on the verge of summer wanderlust
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my garden gloves streaked with dirt?? meeting a monarch
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hut in the woods . . . small teeth marks on the toilet soap
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the sigh i heave forsythia
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visiting artists all over town cherry blossoms
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spring morning?? women at a village well tease the new bride
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steady drizzle strand by strand a robin's nest
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a female mallard leads two drakes?? spring morning
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once again the scent of lilacs mother's call to supper
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downpour puddles swirled with pollen
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spring breeze?? the cat bats a few feathers around
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mortgage paid off?? thatch from our yard in the robin's beak
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sunlit dew the cock pheasant circles his three-strong harem
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early dusk an inch of snow on a half inch branch
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a dancer all her life?? winter moon
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bare branches a swishing broom finds its rhythm
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dwarfed by dinosaur skeletons a teen with all the answers
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science fair my amaryllis bigger than his
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storm over?? her headstone above the snow
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church bells and snow i read that chekhov longed to be a monk
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winter drizzle?? a sprinkling of sea salt on warm pretzels
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the crows louder than usual deep morning mist
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i?d almost forgotten it a seed's hunger for the sun
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halloween . . . she asks to borrow my hippie jeans
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timber train a thought about auschwitz
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behind our backs?? the sounds the ocean covers up
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evening news she files her nails down to nothing
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the sound she makes when she catches her breath first snow
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babar a forget-me-not between wrinkled pages
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an eagle sighting?? the frailty in my father's hug
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slow driver?? is he watching the hawk?
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dust clearing the miner's lamp beam catches on a splintered timber
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open range leather creaks in the cold dawn
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equinox?? splitting the last tomato with a jackknife
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high autumn days the morning glories open to whatever comes
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"a couple kissing " not even moonlight
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the drift of a nearby conversation autumn leaves
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full moon?? her updated version of the future
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dawn frost a screech owl finishes the hunt
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one corner then the other of my book?? black-tip dragonfly
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edge of the reeds a rattlesnake pair tails whispering
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new love . . . the ripples of a braid undone
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memories?? the smell of matches fills the kitchen
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distant peak a tumbleweed overtakes the shadow of a cloud
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we pick the last blackberries her freshly blonde hair
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book chosen another title tips into the empty space
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waking up all night this room is too close to the moon
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listening for the cat door?? autumn night
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lakeside drive one more time around the radio dial
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cul-de-sac the knife-grinder rings in summer's end
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almost dark?? a fountain lifts the rain
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silence between us the sound of a candle
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wind-carved sand . . . i crumble a bayberry leaf to bring her back
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the falling snow turning the snowman back into snow
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4th of july congealed ketchup around the cap
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the easy stride of seersucker father's day
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where night pulls away?? white irises
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humming oldies talk of the future from the back seat
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thumbing a coat over my shoulder cloudless sky
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distant thunder . . . she draws teardrops on her doll's face
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enough sunrise?? a small window in an old hotel
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warm winds the kite's string almost straight
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southern breeze?? a goldfinch drinks from the air conditioner
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nearly twilight the blowsy petals of spent tulips
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jasmine?? first the perfume then the buzz
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red-tailed hawk sunlight warms a thicket of mesquite
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spring noon the construction crane lifts a crow
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sparrow fledglings the old man points his walking stick
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spring sun an unfinished word on the to-do list
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tidal surge the shag's wings open for the wind to dry
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a second plowing?? the black mud lit up by egrets
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missing steeple?? crows settle in a hemlock tree
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