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#Haiku
Nature’s snowy gown Melts into a silky pool Spring’s passion awakes
through the sea smoke’s shimmering… where the Passamaquoddy flows the pulsing heartbeat of the strob… in my footsteps, crunching snow through the whirling, wind-blown f…
Suppose you was 18 years old And never had a single thing In all your life to call yours alo… Except your body and your face? And suppose you went to work
crumbling mortar and stone among the trees it stands alone morning glories creep upon the flo… the stair has fallen through the d… the music of summer is in the air
how pathetic to be born without wings such gifts should be for womankind, too
Empty moorings and Quiet lighthouse watch the bay Crawl back to the sea
In the lamplight leaf shadows break on the ragged edges of my heart
Many times, my father, drunk upon… “Spare the rod and spoil the child… Swung his belt and lay the stripes… To cleanse my soul. And I, drunk upon memory and whis…
we don’t know who he said he was we came from curiosity and stayed for the inhumanity
WINTER SHADOW / Feb 11, 2011 small white stones fall rattling to the ground a shadow keeps pace beside me through the groaning night
Pappa always told me that you should never tell all you… and I found it to be good advice I recall the time I got back from… with my winter stores back in ‘39
white-rimmed waves crawl reluctantly shore ward moody city skyline rebuffs shafts of sunshine cloud confusion
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
Tide tickling sun’s wake Under a thin skin of ice Beach disappearing
Snowflakes or fireflies Beneath an oval moon Do I wake or dream?
