Poem-a-Day
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Poem-A-Day #25: last straw
Why do we indict the last straw? Surely the first should share the blame. Splinter or crowbar, that first wound, first blood, first warning of all that was to come; the one forgotten, forgiven, ignored, denied. That one and all those that came between. The last snowflake on the collapsing roof did not… Continue reading
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Poem-A-Day #24: Goodbye
Goodbye I say goodbye, and goodbye again. The wind chimes sing, naked branches dance. I smell snow in the air, and you so cold, so distant, falling now through frigid sky like amnesia, goodbye to all that, to weather and precise locations, they all tumble together, tundra and meadow, mountain and lush… Continue reading
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Poem-A-Day #23
Dream Home Each night is the same as the last. You wander, searching for a place to be. You are moving house, or you have just moved or plan to move. Tiny apartments, vast decaying mansions, high-rises with elevators that won’t start or stop or take you where you want to… Continue reading
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Poem-A-Day #22
cold morning sky these old bones tulips in snow Continue reading
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Poem-A-Day #21: back to basics
light comes up in the east drowsy, i turn in my bed drea . . . !CAT ATTACK! ********* OK, maybe not. This one? spring squirrel autumn-colored squirrel digging at the bird feeder if i see you clearly will i remember? Continue reading

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