Category Archives: poetry

niblets are out – April 25

4.18.2016 niblets are out, trees surround the pond, sprigs of dusting green   vitality, life, squeakings and croakings, blats quacks, honks and hisses   this my lady love this my mate all of our breathing come to this.   creation, … Continue reading

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yard work – April 24

4.23.2016 dirt pours through my fingers, rock set free, ground and worn   down fine to let out the life hidden within. ———————

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lanyap – April 22

4.22.2-16 lanyap, grace, friends appear out of time gone by and forward   we drop in to each other’s lives, over the transoms of time and place gifts of the One. ———————

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mated pairs – April 16

4.16.2016 trumpeter swans nestle atop the muskrat house built of weeds along our path.   we step carefully, quietly, so to not bother them as we pass, look, and hold hands.   it’s said that if the female dies, the … Continue reading

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airport fever – April 14

4.14.2016 airport fever one more run between gates   at O’Hare I swear you can taxi to Toledo.   cell phone lives fill the time every thumb committed   to touching something other than what’s immediately present. ——————–

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lone duck – March 10

4.10.2016 lone duck dipping beak down down into the cold spring waters   paired ducks in the shallows oblivious to him.   we say better luck next year fella. —————

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goldilocks – March 9

4.9.2016 this one’s too soft this one’s too hard this one’s just right   mattress shopping. ————-

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God duty – April 7

4.7.2016 Why did you take my daddy away, he asked me   I didn’t, I told him but with my God collar on I was the one who   had to tell him that his daddy was gone   after … Continue reading

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silhouettes – March 5

4.5.2016 the black cat hangs on our wall looping down at doorways edge   to catch the mice that never arrive and bat the head of the dog not beneath.

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red kettle – April 4

4.4.16 red kettle, red kettle whistle us home tea leaves and chamomile set on to drone   keen us and calm us and keep our throats clean with mother and dainties all loverly steam. ———————-

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