
Listened
We sat and listened. /
When does breeze become wind? /
Leaves and chimes opined.
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Desires
Through its own desires, /
the Virginia Spiderwort /
returns and blooms.
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Ripe
Reach for your today. /
Blueberry is ripe when ripe. /
Celebrate it now.
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A British sentry cuts a lonely picture as he stands at his post at sunrise in France, March 1915.
Battlefield
Battlefield sentry, /
fearing with the sunrise that /
fog and hope will lift.
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Harsh
Harsh, the sky, burns gray /
a smoldering blanket over /
over soil and sail.
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First
Yellow and skyward, /
the first Susan of the season. /
Flower and freedom.
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Coneflower
Purple coneflower, /
first one in my garden, /
herald or madman.
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Homegrown
Homegrown blue- and rasp- /
berries held in a ball cap: /
stains soak in the crown.
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Author
Author, dear author, /
I relent, I repent, I plead: /
“Give me one more chance!”
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One tries
One lies and one stands, /
cat in darkness, dog in light. /
Wonder and return.
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