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, creation
so beautiful here.
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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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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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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
male will
remain
alone.
mated
for life.
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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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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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4.9.2016
this one’s too soft
this one’s too hard
this one’s just right
mattress shopping.
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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 he’d blown
his head off with
a shotgun.
God keeps us safe
my daughter said
with her perfect reasoning
you’re my daddy
you keep us safe
you’re God.
No I said, taking my
collar off, we have
a deal going
God keeps your mom
and me safe and
we keep you safe.
at least I pray
that’s the way
it is.
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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.
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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