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death watch?? clouds connect the sky one end to the other
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cemetery garden rain falls on plastic leaves
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biting cold?? moonlight on the nail heads of the old fence
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we pass humming different tunes winter moon
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long illness unfolding someone's dog-eared pages
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winter night . . . father's last words never come
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feather in the grass . . . i grieve for a friend i never met
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hail melt a lizard skin shimmers on the broken wall
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full moon i eat everything including the orchid
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autumn rain?? only an earthenware teapot will do
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first rain a child's paper boat caught in the drain cover
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bird song between blows of the axe
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deep creek my father considers retirement
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we talked until moonset?? crickets
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i stop looking for the sunrise?? first sip of tea
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the boy taught not to cry?? white chrysanthemums
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slow-moving river a heron's neck enters the grey
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cold moon . . . a rising wave splashes the taste of salt
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her auburn hair still catches my eye?? autumn wind
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mid-week the crouch of a grasshopper
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family quarrel the breakfast tartness of fresh quince jam
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parking lot crow?? the same complaints every morning
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autumn river the old couple walks not holding hands
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indian summer the drawing teacher draws between classes
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clouded moon i let the machine pick up his call
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early to the station ducks fly overhead in pairs
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they speak again if only of the weather clearing sky
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ginko to learn of the pine . . . sticky fingers
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autumn trail cub scouts stomping over the footbridge
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shortening days the neighbour's dog welcomes me home
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harvest moon i find you dancing with the scarecrows
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milky way the crunch of glass along the bike path
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harvest moon when will the stray dog find its home?
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new coolness?? a bird flies toward a hole in the clouds
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disappearing sun?? the first bubble in the pasta sauce
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the old shoes on my feet . . . a path in the dark
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"this halloween " children born since
9/11
evening wind everything in motion but the moon
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fireflies and i get to stay out as long as i like
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seaside cabin a picture window in every room
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weekend getaway we give a name to the jetty cat
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ebb tide a trail of jellyfish out to the moon
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the city below?? in my hand traces of a firefly i held too tight
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late summer chant of carnies driving stakes
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sea light this year she wades into the waves alone
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end of summer?? the beachcomber palms a cigarette
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rumbling ocean old stories circle the campfire
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river gorge the long way through yellow aspen
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buffalo bones a wind less than a whisper in the summer grass
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dry spell the sounds of a mason splitting rock
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hot afternoon the carter wipes his hand on the donkey's back
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muddy towpath . . . the cyclists avoid my eyes
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sun behind the hills a long cast into stillness
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long walk home?? kicking a stone for company
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dark river the swimming mudhens leave silver wakes
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sound of anklets on the winding path . . . river song
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spring snow . . . the sound of the bottom of someone's bowl
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forsythia her ponytail skipping along
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spring sunday the campus tourguide walks backwards
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cloister garden a bumblebee enters the flower's cup
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bog rosemary?? first their humming then the bees
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bright wind the bronze geese green with spring
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hilltop?? my kite tugs and tugs at childhood memories
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spring morning?? the hand of a student who may know the answer
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first rosebuds a slight bulge in the squirrel's belly
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still wet after crossing spring wind
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down syndrome child bent over a tidepool?? the anemone opens
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a spring welcome ripples through the length of the beagle
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first warm day?? torn caution tape at the trailhead
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as if moss were not enough?? the spotted salamander
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overnight bus a young boy picking things from his sleeping father's hair
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a picture of tulips on an empty sack almost spring
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back to back checking who's taller spring equinox
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pale crocus?? pretending this is our first kiss
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black cockatoos the distant rumble of harleys
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refugee camp?? a mother croons a lullaby to her unborn child
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stone angel a hint of life in the winter trees
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letter from home the snow muddy wherever i step
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almost spring untangling the streamers on the windsock
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almost spring the way she says edamame
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high tide in the slough two little boys pole into a foreign land
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winter sun?? trying to believe in my beliefs
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snow field?? a raven rises into its cry
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buttermilk seeps from the churn?? wild onions
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a wash of daisies along the cliff top . . . the whales give a blow
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ripples in the tidepool?? a quieter ocean in my child's shell
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winter stars?? you introduce me friend by friend
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another log on the fire two kings on the checker board
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winter night?? i hear the cat's purr with my hands
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winter night cookie crumbs on both sides of the bed
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snowflakes frozen to tree-bark morning silence
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cold evening?? changing my teacup to the other cheek
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the child's nose melts a hole in a frost fern?? windblown dark
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one more goodnight?? halo around the hunger moon
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sunrise?? nothing on the snowman stops the drip
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hospice book cart the one no one finishes is back on top
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our new home?? winter sunshine fills the empty rooms
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damp earth slick bellies of winter radishes
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the scent of snow?? a flake then nothing
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coldest day steam from the sidewalk grates rises undisturbed
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