I wrapped myself
in a tent made of sky
floating in the half-light
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10 May 2023
Charlottesville VA
Category: Haiku
sushi for two
for
one
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1 May 2023
Charlottesville VA
a gentle cow
(b)lows the saxophone
the club falls silent
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30 April 2023
Charlottesville VA
striped tail!
at the window: whiskers
traveling cat after spring rains
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29 April 2023
Charlottesville VA
together we read
Shakespeare
squirrels play in the yard
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23 April 2023
Charlottesville VA
If Allen Ginsberg
were here he’d know
just what to write
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18 April 2023
Charlottesville VA
the aroma of a nearby fire
fades in the steam
of my morning tea
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13 April 2023
Charlottesville VA
sun & Star Wars
green tea & dogwoods
: a loved one’s voice
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12 April 2023
Charlottesville VA
waiting
(for my phone)
to die
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11 April 2023
Charlottesville VA
we fight the monsters
with little streams
& viburnum plicatum
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8 April 2023
Charlottesville VA
it’s cold and rainy outside, too
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7 April 2023
Charlottesville VA
today I watched a bee
generate enough breeze
to move little clumps of dirt
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6 April 2023
Charlottesville VA
all day long in the vice grip
— one word from a friend —
the night air is warm on my skin
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4 April 2023
Charlottesville VA
The Age I Am Now
It’s the nickname for people who rushed west
in search of gold but really fleeing
from the horror that all the days to come
would be like all the days behind,
hoping instead that the rivers ran with possibility
that could be dragged glittering into the sun.
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3 April 2023
Charlottesville VA
last night in the van
where it’s not my choice
(podcasts in the dark)
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2 April 2023
Charlottesville VA