
Strive
Strive to arrive /
at the Rule of 95 /
where ice cream thrives.
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Strive
Strive to arrive /
at the Rule of 95 /
where ice cream thrives.
.
.
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Descending
Doves descending, /
vying for first at morning feast. /
Surrounding sky calm.
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Kindness
What’s made with kindness /
carries that kindness into /
another’s heart.
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Subside
Coneflowers subside, /
become next summer’s promise. /
Will hope find its roots.
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Bloom
Smell the flower’s bloom. /
Hear the wisdom of the breeze. /
See and touch and be.
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Defy
Defying the drought, /
an orange daylily blooms /
in time to catch rain.
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Feathered bully
Away from the food! /
One rock dove shoves another: /
feathered bully.
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Sky
Spring sky at the Y, /
blue to the naked eye. /
Wisps of white sail by.
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View
Be unafraid of /
viewing an Iris as though /
it were your last.
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Expect
Do not expect /
tomorrow to echo as /
hollow as today.
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