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her well-tanned shoulders wrapped in a sweater -- the end of summer
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asleep on the train the gentle rise and fall of her breasts
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first date -- under the streetlight our shadows hold hands
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tent revival the preacher's wife in a miracle bra
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Mass Pike trafic the bright red glare of her lipstick
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reflecting the graffiti landscape Soho rain
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my son's eleventh birthday -- miles of cold gray rain between us
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in the produce aisle a voluptuous woman compares melons
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market forecast: record warmth followed by rain
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bitterly cold a box of old love letters hidden in the attic
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after four hours of sleep light snow fills an empty cup
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children dancing circles in the rain- autumn leaves
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falling leaves- unpacking winter clothes from cedar trunks
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summer heat my air conditioner sweating
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summer's end- one haiku becomes another
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Twin Towers- where once two shadows now only sun
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rice seedlings- each step deeper in the mud
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temple courtyard through the morning fog peach blossoms
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abandoned house -- children picking mangoes in the yard
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power outage the distant sound of a saxophone
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late summer an inchworm less than an inch
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talk of dying the mention of ranch land I have never seen
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spring morning flies return to a crab carcass
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migrating swallows she tells me she'll pray for me
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letter from overseas a call from southward geese penetrates the thicket
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spring mist the tree I take shelter under planted in remembrance
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first raindrops the freight train I passed two states ago
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hard winter ground - we argue about the constellations
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walking to work - the blossoms on my street late this year
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snow outside a small bowl of imported oranges
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Veterans' cemetery-- a wide expanse of lawn beyond the graves.
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A pear; A worm's hole leaves a bitter taste.
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tin ceiling grandma talks of a world before the war
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anniversary an old dress on the line fills with wind
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diagnosis day coffee rings left on the counter
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lighting a candle with a candle another night of snow
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freezing rain the cafe crooner slips out of tune
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the smell before the sound of it evening rain
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thunderheads hanging on the horizon a red tailed hawk
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reading obituaries the here and there of fireflies
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the parking lot down to one puddle of moon
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before the storm the thunder of lawnmowers
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in and out of the rusted shed moonshine
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dusk the old gate sags into its shadow
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all day rain the refrigerator’s ommmmm
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jumping ice cubes all over the floor ... a hair in my whiskey
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new freedom blue dress now a table cloth
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blowing bubbles my breath floats away in different sizes
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three feet distance needed for reading my ku without glasses
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wiping the full moon from a wet glossy table with my bare hand
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flea market - a sitting buddha on his left side
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early winter... he chooses to read old soup recipes
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english newspaper a lot of starving people between fish & chips
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while dusting buddha's mouth is smile disappeared for a few seconds
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autumn storm lightning flashes on buddah's belly
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new cracks in an old mirror I just noticed
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rain scented air a thousand frogs croaking
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bone dust after cremation the winter sky
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behind the cafe the sound of children-- or crows
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on the clothesline his and her shirts side by side again
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between the mist and the edge of the forest a white buffalo
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harvest moon rose garden has lost its colors
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eerie moonlight graveyard of the rusted automobiles
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indian summer first light finds the tallest tree
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drought no clouds in the bird bath
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tea party over lipstick smiles remain
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after the cloudburst birdbath full of sky again
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underside of the flower pot one hundred legs
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coffee season singing from the trees
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no moisture mother earths skin has cracked
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typing small i only because morning coffee occupies my other hand...
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In the space-between trees and mist a white buffalo
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drumming heartbeat in the mist
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how bright the years in the Georgian palace brickwork this lukewarm winter
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smoke and mirrors another veil of cloud across the moon
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january hail -- a scattering of early lambs
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deep winter a new kind of rain rings my bell
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monthly meeting all the agenda O's coloured in
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motorway verge frost has picked last year's apples
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black friday dip-dyed desperation gusting down the mall
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autumn gale a month's mortgage payments scatter the lawn
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Christmas Day a present of rain on the pony's back
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november blossom -- a brightness to find what might have been lost
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deep autumn there's wind enough to winnow wild rice
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shortening days ... the petals fall into dust
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leaver's day a wind too strong for butterflies
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endless rain christmas lights bleed in a puddle
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gibbous moon the smell of woodsmoke fills a wait for rain
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cider farm a sweetness on the breeze
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neon veil a neighbour's lights outshine the moon
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yew harvest deep hues fill a redwing's hunger
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autumn gale the sunflowers turn their seedy cheeks
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she's leaving home a pair of shoes that no longer fit
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indian summer it's what the sunflowers waited for
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glinting on a retirement card autumn rain
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autumn mist my neighbour asks me what I do
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straw truck delivery someone else's summer strewn down our lane
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autumn rain my socks dry on the pc tower
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autumn equinox i let the last fly go free
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after rain honeysuckle awake again
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