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morning coffee - familiar pleasure in each other's eye
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at the club line dancing outside the ladies room
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house renovation - the magic mushrooms he hid 25 years ago
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midnight ... a cricket's falsetto from the lingerie drawer
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the last dance - her cheap perfume don't matter
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farm stand ... he squeezes the melons she checks the zucchini
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almost home pausing by the pond to reflect
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day's end -- a cloud of fireflies in the field
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autumn chill . . . the distant whistle of the evening train
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the earth softened ... we planted tulips when he loved me
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winter rain -- one flowered umbrella at the funeral
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the coastal road... spinnakers fill with sunset
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he kissed me on the fourth of july fireworks!!
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old teahouse -- a swear word from the green parrot
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good news the headlines blurred in morning rain
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almost dawn . . . thoughts of you when we were us
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rainbow flags ... the haunting sounds of amazing grace
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boyhood friends home once again -- side by side
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husband gone- his watch ticks it's last tock at her garage sale
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first date -- wondering if the hat is too much
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afternoon tryst ... thunder bangs overhead in the sticky heat
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closet renovation-- removing all her clothes she nails the carpenter
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the pastor's daughter her Sunday dress the color of bruises
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carousel music ? i still see my brother on the painted pony
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husband at work ? the mailman knocks to see the newborn
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hail storm rearranging gravel in the Zen garden
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winter rain -- a flowered umbrella at the funeral
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late night date sand in her bra all day long
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Sunday brunch his eyes on the crumb kissing her cleavage
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morning overcast-- she adds more blush to her cheeks
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sudden hail-- we sip bitter coffee rehashing last night
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tasting the freckle on her cleavage with my eyes
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rummage sale -- her husband in the chair not worth keeping
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garage sale -- the flowered couch on which I became a woman
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arguing downstairs -- she shuts the windows in her doll house
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meditating and resplendent in sunlight-- she finally swats the fly
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first snow . . . next to the new calendar a clean slate
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train whistle . . . palm prints linger against the glass
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wedding anniversary-- "my parent's ashes together"
in the moonlight
surprise sneeze the dandelion blows away without a wish
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seasons stilled-- a red paper poppy in memoriam
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an ancient path in a sky without time departing geese
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her Sunday dress the color of bruises merging
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Saturday night the sound of weeping seeps from the wall
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before dinner... the spider and a fly share the sunset
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crossroads the brown core of an apple
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lifting fog the face of an old friend on my morning walk
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daybreak ... still sipping bitter coffee we rehash last night
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stars at dusk a spray of willow buds by the gate
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requiem mass - flecks of dust drift in stifling air
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tense meeting -- my chewing gum out of flavor
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inhaling spring - her new breast two months old
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morning rush he finds a half red kiss on his coffee cup
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never in darkness ground zero lights the night New Year's Eve
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moonless night - the bell buoy talks to itself
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morning tea he cups his hands around the glass
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winter solstice candle too short for lingering night
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dying afternoon light the doctor touches her uncombed hair
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snail mail delivered in the cold rain
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mother and daughter chess game -- two queens
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haiku conference -- lecturer delivers address in three short sentences
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haiku moment -- she writes her number on his napkin
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against the glass - her palm prints linger
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nude beach about size and sighs
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on her nape beads of rain slowly I follow them down
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kitchen encounter ~ tasting the wine from his lips
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summer sidewalk - drops of rain steam
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water bed dreams undulating
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thunder slate sky crocus peeking
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waiting room a spider hangs on silence
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hospital room the empty chair takes all the sunshine
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slipping in beneath the kitchen door -first sunlight
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paper moon- falling off almost this argument of mine
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winter rain- colder than ever this bowl of rice
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"Fog on the mountain " "Rain tapping the window pane
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my mother cries on the other end of the phone hard rain
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mountain chapel the rain-washed bones of a sheep
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weight that shifts with the news of a death storm light
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this slow healing a blackbird almost invisible in the winter dusk
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bonfire smoke we talk about our disappointments
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edge of sleep turning the pillow for the cold side
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new bookshelves the poetry my cat finds in an empty box
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croissant crumbs I try and find the right words
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summer rainstorm the balloon man sells umbrellas
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sunset the fisherman's silhouette edged with light
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three sneezes all that's left of the snowman
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the cat shifts from sunspot to sunspot Sunday morning
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making soup my hands could be my mother's hands
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awake too early trees shrouded in mist the slow tick of a clock
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the damp stain on the wall only looks like a damp stain - Monday morning
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sunset over the sea I remember when my mother ran faster than me
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again this year the wind-sown poppies flower between stones
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empty cafe the tip jar fills with rain
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my stories getting better and better four fingers of scotch
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turning seventy i walk outside to see it the almost full moon
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thanksgiving my mind wanders to my dead brother
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crescent moon just enough light for this path
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warm rain on the pond my thoughts rise with the koi
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the red maple- striptease in the driveway
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sunny afternoon an old man lingers near the mailbox
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