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quiet morning / a few dead leaves / have fallen onto my bag (2010.03.18) sun comes out / I sweep / a li'l longer (2010.02.21) storm approaching / erratic flight / of crows (2010.02.11) rain / war drums pounding / on the skylight (2010.01.20) silent garage / how many crickets / have I outlived? (2010.01.17) turkey vultures / lined up in a pew / atop the church (2010.01.15) last persimmons / apportioning friendship / in bags (2010.01.08) touch of regret / at missing / the first sunset (2010.01.01) |
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day after Xmas / newly painted parking lot / at the school (2009.12.26) square snowflakes / decorate / the classroom windows (2009.12.20) rainy day / pile of tissue wads / in the corner (2009.12.07) rainy day / puddle-dodging path / to the library (2009.12.07) rainy day / squishy cold / crawling up my pants legs (2009.12.07) |
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university library / lip print / on the window pane (2009.11.23) this clear night / Orion / hunts once more (2009.11.20) While he may have mentioned others, it's the only constellation I distinctly remember my father telling me about. cemetery / in autumn / dry & wilted roses (2009.11.03) Inspired by a visit to Rudolph Valentino's crypt. |
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Halloween / bones rustling beneath / dry sycamore leaves (2009.10.25) what's out there / in the greater silence…? / steady sound of the fan (2009.10.04) student taiko drummers / in the parking structure / pounding on my ears (2009.09.22) standing in the doorway / in the dark / listening to the cricket's song (2009.09.19) "The [cricket's] calling song attracts females and repels other males, and is fairly loud." — from "Cricket (insect)," Wikipedia.org evening sky / searching for the moon / Venus as always (2009.09.05) "Women must never look at the moon for more than a moment or so. It incites them to orgies." —Attributed to Greenland eskimos, p. 15, from The Old Farmer's Almanac Book of Weather Lore,  by Edward F. Dolan. Dublin, NH: Yankee Books, 1988. |
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out the door / you go, cricket / so I can sleep (2009.08.24) tonight's moon / its veil of clouds surely, gently / lifts away (2009.08.03) half moon / tangled in a line / of spider's web (2009.06.28) after the obits / an autumn leaf falls / from a very green tree (2009.06.26) augh! half a rabbit / someone had breakfast / before I did (2009.06.24) from the canopy / hypnotized by the shimmer / over the hot bin (2009.06.18) not just our neighbor / two more "For Sale" signs / have gone up (2009.06.13) finals week / soft snoring from / the next row over (2009.06.10) all my life / not enough experience / today, too much (2009.06.08) |
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that kind of day / cries of a baby / taken by a crow (2009.05.31) something unnatural / about a gnat / darting about by itself (2009.05.27, 2 a.m.) hummingbird / hovering high...-er / into the sun (2009.05.24) swallow swooping / here, there, / around me (2009.05.24) nighttime jog / chasing brush rabbits / on the track (2009.05.22) so-called "friends" / battleships passing / in the night (2009.05.17) late spring / treetop squirrels chasing / each other's tails (2009.05.11) through eucalyptus / the sun / tongues the moon (2009.05.07) furious chittering / of a hummingbird / harassing a crow (2009.05.03) |
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recognizing / the blighted tree / from tufts of blossoms (2009.04.21) I went out / this cloudy night / looking for the moon (2009.04.09) hooo-hoo-hoo / of the mourning dove / with late a.m. coffee (2009.04.01) first leaves / of the sycamore / are unfolding (2009.03.15) first cliff swallow / first cloud of gnats / and today? (2009.03.11) |
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how early / that bird has awoken / to sing its song (2009.02.21) Why did the chicken cross the road? crossing the road / in the rain / to view the plum (2009.02.16) even on Valentine's / sound of the / police siren (2009.02.14) hard rain / covering the steps / with plum petals (2009.02.07) rain / more rain / dark & wet (2009.02.05) after yesterday's winds / nude trees / line the street (2009.01.11) strong winds / rolling winter's leaves / down the deserted street (2009.01.10) 7th day, 5 o'clock chimes / last light / on the peaks (2009.01.07) crows squawking / light coming / over the mountains (2009.01.01) |
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a faded jacket / and frayed underwear / deep of winter (2008.12.13) bringing last night's rain / into the house / on two scarlet leaves (2008.11.27) sycamore / throws a winter leaf / into the mist (2008.11.23) good company / and a ride home / peaceful moon (2008.11.13) after the rain / complete arc / of the rainbow (2008.11.04) to-do list: stare at moon / listen to crickets / wait for bus (2008.11.02) dandelion seeds / in the spider's / web garden (2008.10.01) waiting for the bus / staring at cigarette butts / at my feet (2008.09.30) ticking away / dwindling patch of sun / for the cat (2008.01.08) night after / the full moon / where is it? (2008.09.16) morning camera shoot / tracking mud / in the rose garden (2008.09.02) it zips away / the dragonfly's / shadow (2008.08.28) brush rabbit / startling me / darts away (2008.08.05)  (2008.07.14) (2008.06.20) (2008.06.05) (2008.06.02) (2008.05.31) (2008.05.25)little girl / banging out tones on the street poles / this one, that one (2008.05.25)  (2008.05.17)me / and a stray termite / in the night elevator (2008.04.27) Mt. Fuji / illusion / California dreamin' cloud (2008.04.20)  (2008.02.24) (2008.02.09) (2008.02.01) (2008.01.25) (2008.01.08) (2008.01.01) (2008.01.01) |
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 (2007.12.25) (2007.12.06) (2007.10.06) (2007.09.14) (2007.09.02)after the thunderstorm / wha…? / full moon (2007.08.22) silent shell / of cricket / trashed (2007.08.22)  (2007.08.17) (2007.08.05) (2007.07.22) (2007.07.21) (2007.07.12) (2007.06.22)rustling in the dark / could be a rabbit / could be a rat (2007.06.03) work shift over / my shadow / leads the way home (2007.05.08)  (2007.05.07) (2007.05.02) (2007.04.24)my candle life / flickers in / and out (2007.04.16)  (2007.04.07)wrong # / but mister / you have a nice voice (2007.04.06)  (2007.03.24) (2007.03.05)tumbleweed / way wrong the going / on the freeway ramp (2007.02.23)  (2007.02.22)feeling pooped / after that mountain / another one (2007.02.17)  (2007.02.13) (2007.01.23)chocolate & vanilla / late sun / and brisk arctic wind (2007.01.15) |
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playing peekaboo / through the blinds / winter moon (2006.12.23) locked out / riding my bike in circles / to stay warm (2006.11.29)  (2006.11.17) (2006.10.14)grinning back / last year's / jack-o'-lantern stickers (2006.10.03)  (2006.09.17) (for innocents killed during war) (2006.09.16)another hole / in my T-shirts / elusive silverfish (2006.09.02)  (2006.08.30) (from a dream last night)watching the man / watching the pair / make out (2006.08.14) breeze tickles the potted clover / I reach for socks / to cover my cold feet (2006.06.18)  (2006.06.17)sakura petals / twisting / in a spider's web (2003.05) |
