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#Haiku
Early morning mist Loon fishing quiet water Shining wake behind
the universe opens accepting my homecoming sky races by
The taste of winter ice Dug in August from the sawdust Of Conley’s ice house The slap of the screen door On Grammy’s porch
All I wanted to do was ride my mo… And make out at Spooner’s Point. But when Mary Daley got pregnant Her father threatened me with the… So I married her and went to work
mall tree never felt a breeze sweet swell of spring rain on your leaves new life in your branches
the silence of colour palette of fall reflected on water white birch trees granite rocks
liquid blue nightgown made of lighter fare floats in romance of autumn air a ballerina in an erotic dance longing to join that v-trail in th…
surf and turf of St. Andrews olde salts and bullshit under one blue tarp gossip thick as molasses sparks quick as match-lit gas
once the larvae have hatched how long can they survive without… each day I go forceps in hand to count the dead
my real name was Clarence but they always called me Dummy because they thought I was stupid I lived with my Mom and swept up… for a dollar a day ‘cause
inhumanity kills boys civilization kills girls
which of our ancestors did it - traded wings for thumbs burdened us with possessions fed us to the uncompromising earth…
Empty moorings and Quiet lighthouse watch the bay Crawl back to the sea
a cookbook is a strange place to find a recipe for the mind but the notes tell me the lemon tr… blooms year ‘round, never stops; while one branch sweetens the air