January 30, 2025 · 11:47 pm
Practice
Crows chorus close.
Hawk holds to catalpa branch.
Pursuit and patience.
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January 29, 2025 · 11:44 pm
Frost
Dressed in ice,
frost dances at the edge
of abandoned leaves.
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January 27, 2025 · 11:41 pm
Possum
One winter’s night /
a dish rattles; a possum /
scavenges cat food.
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January 26, 2025 · 7:53 pm
Rattle
Clouds as spare change /
rattling in a gray pocket. /
Life is cold within.
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January 25, 2025 · 11:40 pm
Mockingbird
A mockingbird paused /
to quench a thirst and I paused /
to fill a memory.
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January 23, 2025 · 11:38 pm
Tableau
Three years on, /
old leaves frozen in ice, /
memories linger.
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January 22, 2025 · 11:00 pm
Shattered
Shattered, scattered ice — /
unmade bed for a seed head. /
Cold a harsh blanket.
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January 20, 2025 · 10:13 pm
Thieves
Snatching peanuts, /
two blue jays gather quickly, /
and then flee like thieves.
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January 19, 2025 · 11:58 pm
Seeds
Cardinals and seeds, /
snow slipping from the sky, /
sparrows wait their turn.
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January 18, 2025 · 10:56 pm
First bread
First bread of the year. /
Homemade and warm, apples sliced /
and groomed with sugars.
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