May 19, 2025 · 11:33 pm
Ripe
Reach for your today. /
Blueberry is ripe when ripe. /
Celebrate it now.
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May 18, 2025 · 7:20 pm
Hail Mary
The Hail Mary here /
Is neither pass nor prayer /
But hope for the creek.
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May 17, 2025 · 11:08 pm
Devil’s love
Love-in-a-Mist is /
also Devil-in-a-bush. /
Such is motherhood.
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May 16, 2025 · 3:15 am
Ripening
Each green blueberry /
a process of ripening /
timelessness into taste.
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May 14, 2025 · 11:51 pm
Homegrown
Homegrown blue- and rasp- /
berries held in a ball cap: /
stains soak in the crown.
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May 11, 2025 · 12:32 am
One tries
One lies and one stands, /
cat in darkness, dog in light. /
Wonder and return.
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May 10, 2025 · 10:30 pm
From many
From many, one drops /
Earthward, away from the sky. /
No seeds in the sun.
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May 10, 2025 · 3:53 pm
Mother
Your garden whispers /
your name, unfolds your beauty /
in each bright petal.
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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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