January 24, 2025 · 7:56 pm
Eye
Upward bound, birds /
fly through the gray winter sky, /
under an eye of blue.
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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 23, 2025 · 8:35 pm
Remembrance
When you reach the end /
there’s a sign. Not an exit, /
but in remembrance.
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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 21, 2025 · 12:10 am
Ghost
A ghost of summer, /
a coneflower in winter, /
brittle stalk and day.
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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 19, 2025 · 5:10 pm
Sitting
Snow sits in your chair, /
surveys your sleeping garden, /
Sad it will miss spring.
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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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January 17, 2025 · 7:00 pm
Looking
Looking backward /
No one remembers the rain /
Only the hammers.
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