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quiet lake--
the only sound
a jumping fish | tempslibres |
meteor shower--
in the cold our gasps
become visible | tempslibres |
failing light--
the ash tree
heavy with birds | tempslibres |
fall equinox--
another day
in the 90's | tempslibres |
evening news--
the burden of snow
on my son's balcony | tempslibres |
under the snowpack
the garden buddha
still keeps his smile | tempslibres |
uninvited guest--
a fly zips through
the opened door | tempslibres |
stoplight
each of us tapping
to our own beat | tempslibres |
Mass over--
the rush to be first
out of the lot | tempslibres |
5am--
bird songs lost
in air conditioner noise | tempslibres |
at the feeder
more birds than room
the smell of snow | tempslibres |
midwinter vanished
in a bite of homemade
strawberry preserves | tempslibres |
while washing spinach
how nice to find
a haiku there | tempslibres |
covid 19
...pish-the-bed puffbaws
bidin a braith | tempslibres |
covid 19
...dandelion puffballs
awaiting a breath | tempslibres |
fir a new granbairn
she lichts a caunle
...peerie lowe souchin | tempslibres |
for a new grandchild
she lights a candle
...tiny flame breathing | tempslibres |
rin-ower pheasie
...tasht
wattergaw | tempslibres |
run-over pheasant
...crushed
rainbow | tempslibres |
maitin granfaither -
the wye
he yince maitit me | tempslibres |
feeding grandfather -
the way
he once fed me | tempslibres |
dudoon
aye wairmth
in her rosary beads | tempslibres |
sundow
still warmth
in her rosary beads | tempslibres |
a singul leaf
reelin doon
...day o the yirdin | tempslibres |
a single leaf
spiralling down
...day of the funeral | tempslibres |
thayr bairn's
hame-wrocht mobile:
streeng'n yill cans | tempslibres |
their baby's
home-made mobile:
string and beer cans | tempslibres |
it the bus-stap:
a pish-the-bed seed baw
bides fir a souch | tempslibres |
at the bus-stop:
a dandelion seed ball
waits for a breeze | tempslibres |
faimily tae bide -
the hoose
fou o peerie claes | tempslibres |
family to stay -
the house
full of tiny clothes | tempslibres |
derelict site -
a buddleia
...such sweetness from ruins | tempslibres |
ootby the maisic chaumer
twa youthie maws
...ettlin tae git in tuin | tempslibres |
outside the music room
two young gulls
...trying to get in tune | tempslibres |
suddent
the pish-the-bed batch...
thair stobbie herrcuts | tempslibres |
suddenly
the dandelion gang...
their spiky haircuts | tempslibres |
dumpin's baw
heich the err
...day o an eclipse | tempslibres |
kicking his ball
high in the air
...day of an eclipse | tempslibres |
clear vause o roses -
deep in the watter
muckle breers | tempslibres |
clear vase of roses -
deep in the water
magnified thorns | tempslibres |
picnic -
butterflies and
flies in the butter | tempslibres |
hern an me -
oor harns
collin ilk ither | tempslibres |
heron and I -
our brains
shaping each other | tempslibres |
tree less corners
the tall shadows
of beer bottles | tempslibres |
Halloween night
ghosts and goblins
watch the rain | tempslibres |
desert wind
the potter's fingerprints
on an ancient shard | tempslibres |
together
we watch the eclipse
far apart | tempslibres |
faded asters
the cortege pauses at her gate
moves on | tempslibres |
biopsy
just a cyst - this time
a break in the clouds | tempslibres |
plastic flowers
placed beside the highway
memory fades | tempslibres |
mud puddles
leaving behind
a high heel | tempslibres |
heavy snow
the smell of hot soup
under a neon cross | tempslibres |
dead cat...
open-mouthed
to the pouring rain | tempslibres |
sleeper train
the muted glow
of unknown cities | tempslibres |
Fragrant spring blossom
children play outside until
there is no more light. | tempslibres |
howling wind
the nurse increases
mum’s morphine | tempslibres |
planetarium
my child’s grip
starts to loosen | tempslibres |
I dig a hole
for the stillborn kitten . . .
winter stars | tempslibres |
cold starry night -
from the forest edge the sound
of animal kill | tempslibres |
herd immunity --
wild turkeys crossing
a busy highway | tempslibres |
24-hour news --
I can't stop looking
at the fire | tempslibres |
pandemic life --
dandelion seeds
in the air | tempslibres |
travel ban
a flock of geese
overhead | tempslibres |
retirement plans
beach sand blowing
in the wind | tempslibres |
self-quarantining
without fanfare
backyard Buddha | tempslibres |
reluctant to fly away
the egret
and I | tempslibres |
writer's block --
a ferry
stalled at the dock | tempslibres |
industrial waste --
an otherwise great
guitar solo | tempslibres |
northerly wind --
the shivering cord
of a flagpole | tempslibres |
America first --
a line forms
for the taco truck | tempslibres |
harvest moon --
a little boy's
first haircut | tempslibres |
wolf moon --
the dog sniffs
every footprint | tempslibres |
longest night --
we finish our wine
too quickly | tempslibres |
high tide --
the smell of weed
by the docks | tempslibres |
waning moon --
my mother pretends
to know who I am | tempslibres |
house for sale --
dismantling
the wheelchair ramp | tempslibres |
my retirement plan --
tree pollen
floating in the wind | tempslibres |
new moon --
the final
mortgage payment | tempslibres |
flower moon --
last stop
of the bachelorette party | tempslibres |
a discolored wall
where the mirror
used to be | tempslibres |
double shift --
the cocktail waitress serves
a whiskey sour | tempslibres |
end of summer --
one last bottle
of wine | tempslibres |
empty subway station --
the accordion music pauses
between trains | tempslibres |
sad news --
opening the windows
to let the chill out | tempslibres |
far from Wall Street
a cormorant
dives | tempslibres |
lingering clouds --
a stock market
sell-off | tempslibres |
open house --
the rushed paint strokes
of the guest room | tempslibres |
prairie winter --
clouds approach
the broken fence | tempslibres |
blizzard warning --
wishing I hadn't seen
that black cat | tempslibres |
unripe pomegranates --
all that's left
between us | tempslibres |
morning thunder --
the garbage man's
early start | tempslibres |
Day of the Dead --
my unshaved face
in the mirror | tempslibres |
in the ruins
of a beach house
wild orchids bloom | tempslibres |
equinox --
we split
the last beer | tempslibres |
despite all my worry
the fragrance
of honeysuckle | tempslibres |
gibbous moon --
all that's left
of summer | tempslibres |
end of summer --
watching the Dow
fall | tempslibres |
late summer chill --
a young man's
obituary | tempslibres |
lightning --
her nightgown
comes off | tempslibres |
sturgeon moon --
an ancient
burial site | tempslibres |
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