Monthly Archives: May 2013

softness – May 20

Posted on May 20, 2013 by landl30

5.20 fingers of sunlight mark brown waters with limb shadows against the sky.   sitting on the bank, a small boy with fishing bobber haunts   my images as if Huck and Tom left me there when I wasn’t looking. … Continue reading →

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domain regrets – May 19

Posted on May 19, 2013 by landl30

5.19 The turtle’s shell spit out of my mower’s chute as I sped to prune my domain. I thought it had been a rock in the leaves. Turning it over was just ugly.   My lawn wasn’t worth his life. … Continue reading →

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grad rap – May 17

Posted on May 16, 2013 by landl30

5.17 summa cum, summa cum, summa, summa summa cum, summa cum summa cuma   summa cum, summa cum summa summa, summa summa cum wow wow.   my son, summa cum summa summa my son, summa cum summa summa   my … Continue reading →

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cottonwood mists – May 16

Posted on May 16, 2013 by landl30

5.16 Cottonwood mists of blowsy swirl ghost the ground and ponds scruffing up along street sides, an early positioning haze.   Warmth soaks up through flannels, last try before summer. Neighbors out for a fragile walk after surgery keep caps … Continue reading →

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listening to old friends – May 15

Posted on May 15, 2013 by landl30

5.15 Listening to old friends on the Utube Jamaica, Chestnut Mare, Bugler Jackson, Clarence, Roger the days of my life spread out.   Poetry embalmed, embattled in a soundtrack. And how beautiful some were in their day and now have … Continue reading →

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we do what we need to do – May 14

Posted on May 10, 2013 by landl30

5.14 Weathered hands, mid calf deep in the water. Placerville, panning, keening at stream silt edges for a glimpse of gold. A flake, a niggly pebble that might show a flash. Day after day, all day, screening through ones fingers … Continue reading →

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she looks tired – May 13

Posted on May 10, 2013 by landl30

5.13 She looks tired, the weary weight of new work, new kitchen and old boy leaving the nest, is more freight than a soul can bear as toll.   Stress feels so strong that we can’t talk about it.  As … Continue reading →

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purebred prancing – May 12

Posted on May 10, 2013 by landl30

5.12 A white and black spaniel type on her owner’s leash, prances down the hill from the big houses neighborhood toward Tobey and I.   Is your dog friendly… should we cross over to say hello. He’s had a couple … Continue reading →

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hard soil, soft soil – May 11

Posted on May 10, 2013 by landl30

5.11 I was digging in the dirt today. Hoeing out the early grub of weeds In the soft soil it was easy. The hula hoe slipped beneath the surface and plucked them up like old bad done deeds.   The … Continue reading →

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a bow-tied teacher – May 10

Posted on May 10, 2013 by landl30

5.10. A bow-tied teacher fills his chair, with thoughtful remarks about students now and gone.   One by thirty they filled class air with wild ribbed story arcs strewing A’s and B’s and tones.   Is there something sweeter to … Continue reading →

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