March 26, 2025 · 8:54 pm
Skeleton of memories
Winter killed our tree. /
Don’t know if it was before, /
during, or after /
your death. Dead limbs hang barren: /
no buds, no leaves, no cherries. /
Skeleton of memories.
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February 4, 2025 · 11:50 pm
Silhouette
Bare limbs silhouette
before a fiery dusk sky.
The sun hies to night.
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December 28, 2024 · 11:53 pm
Clatter
Empty limbs chatter; /
hackberry seeds clatter the earth, /
first passing through birds.
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November 27, 2024 · 10:47 pm
Morning
Red, fall sky erupts, /
silhouetting naked limbs /
in trees and in me.
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March 15, 2024 · 8:47 pm
Nave
Above the still street /
the nave of empty limbs /
long for leaves’ hymns.
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March 1, 2024 · 10:37 pm
Quietly
Quietly, he sits, /
life among the lifeless limbs, /
eyes watching winter.
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February 23, 2024 · 11:47 pm
Hearsay
A lattice of limbs, /
a cluttering of night clouds, /
a hearsay of the moon.
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February 17, 2024 · 8:41 pm
Grabbing
Bare limbs grab at Moon, /
fingers clutching through night fog. /
My ghost escapes hope.
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January 29, 2024 · 9:57 am
Web
Tangled web of limbs /
bare beneath a shrouded moon /
full, with winter dreams.
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January 24, 2024 · 11:44 pm
Atlas
Bare limbs, Atlas’ arms, /
hold mammotocumulus /
heavy with winter.
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