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bedroom closet —
always the urge to touch
to hold
my husband’s
favorite clothes
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Monthly Archives: February 2020
winter freeze
winter freeze . . .
carrots, onions, parsley
homemade
split pea soup
NASA recording
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NASA recording
the sound of a windstorm
on Mars
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oldest child
oldest child
my clunky old bike —
little sister
got a brand new Schwinn
grade school spelling test
grade school spelling test
teacher upends
a bucket full of words
v2
grade school spelling test
teacher spills
a bucket full of word
turquoise hair
turquoise hair
chest tattoos
making a statement
sunlit days
is there a place in hell
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is there a place in hell
for all the little lives I’ve ended?
flies
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sunlit morning
sunlit morning
even the dust in the air
sparkles
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River of Heaven
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the River of Heaven —
lost in the stars
I’ll search forever for you . . .
v2
lost in the stars
I’ll search forever for you . . .
the River of Heaven
In the Far East, the spiral galaxy of several hundred billion stars that we call the Milky Way is called the River of Heaven. And we here on planet Earth, orbiting the sun, are somewhere in that River.
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unbalanced
unbalanced
after the accident
someone else
danced with my man —
holding my hand out
I said
don’t you dare sit down again!
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each spring’s daily watch
each spring’s daily watch
planted from an envelope of seeds —
pansies!
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meditation
meditation
my concentration
escapes
through the skylight
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morning meditation
morning meditation
my concentration
flies
through the skylight
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hidden in plain sight
hidden in plain sight
dh found an angel
selling the neighbor’s house
v2
hidden in plain sight
my husband found an angel
selling the neighbor’s house
v3
hidden in plain sight
Mario found an angel
selling the neighbor’s house
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reading haiku on the web
reading haiku on the web
decide to buy
a new teapot
another with a walker
another with a walker —
a key
to unlock
my mail box
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handful of change
handful of change
not spending
the single shiny penny
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lawn of clover
lawn of clover —
hovering
above
each
bud
a bee
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with the slow
with the slow
grind and clatter
of a garbage truck
Special Handling
is finally set up!
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bubbling on the stove
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bubbling on the stove
cinnamon spice oatmeal
will soon warm my tum
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popsicle weather!
popsicle weather!
not to suck flavored ice —
to not become one outside!
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pale yellow worms
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pale yellow worms
on the kitchen table —
ramen noodle feast!
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grandma’s house
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grandma’s house
the sound of dad’s mower
waiting
for the ice cream truck
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snow
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snow
forecast today
yet still just a memory . . .
snowman’s carrot nose
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cotton soft sunlight
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cotton soft sunlight —
broken by clouds
by wind
a single bright streak
breaks through
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midnight rain
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midnight rain
patio filled
with starligh
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alceon ku 