May 9, 2025 · 9:09 pm
Sweet iris
Sweet iris, three blooms: /
birth wrapped, life unfurled, death gnarled. /
Three phases, one root.
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May 8, 2025 · 11:58 pm
Nimbus
Ice crystal contrail; /
jet cruises several miles up: /
all souls nimbused.
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May 6, 2025 · 10:22 pm
May
Face to the May sun; /
morning with petals outstretch. /
May you see it, too.
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May 5, 2025 · 10:50 pm
Skirt
Iris rise from dark soil, /
dress in a skirt of May rain, /
bloom and fall from light.
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May 5, 2025 · 12:59 am
Desires
Devil-in-a-bush /
dances like love-in-a-mist /
with warm-spring desires.
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May 4, 2025 · 11:01 pm
Dance
Some Iris bloom /
while other Iris blooms die. /
Light and shadows dance.
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May 3, 2025 · 11:57 pm
Recipe
Recipe and hands, /
ingredients and oven, /
turn time into bread.
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May 2, 2025 · 11:50 pm
On the road
On the road to spring, /
the iris and the rose met /
after a May rain.
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May 2, 2025 · 12:39 am
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May 1, 2025 · 9:30 pm
Oh, Dot
Oh, Dot, you left me /
amongst wet Iris mourners: /
rust and memories.
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