August 1, 2025 · 12:02 am

Hope
Hope flutters my thoughts, /
shaded nighttime butterflies, /
carrying my dreams.
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July 25, 2025 · 2:57 am

Old man
The sun peers over
my shoulder, an old man who
gives heat as advice.
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July 17, 2025 · 7:55 pm

Closet cross
Closet cross. /
Mannequin Christian./
Authoritarian prayers.
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July 3, 2025 · 11:53 pm

Lily now
Yellow like sunlight, /
shadows like the fading moon. /
Lily now; lost too soon.
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June 26, 2025 · 6:23 am

Balloons
Little fruit balloons, /
bunched together and blooming: /
green, red, then deep blue.
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June 12, 2025 · 9:11 am

A farewell
A kiss. A cloud.
A farewell I say to you
my last sleep’s dream.
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June 5, 2025 · 11:59 pm

Tattered
The tattered bag flies, /
waving in the moment now /
and at the one past.
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May 30, 2025 · 12:02 am

Bespeckled
Bespeckled by rain, /
bright asiatic lilies /
shine like yellow suns.
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May 22, 2025 · 11:17 pm

Listened
We sat and listened. /
When does breeze become wind? /
Leaves and chimes opined.
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May 15, 2025 · 11:20 pm
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