we are drawn
irresistibly by the
unobtainably distant
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29 January 2023
State College PA
Category: Haiku
just like that — wham!
Jack is in Tucson
my thoughts turn to you
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27 January 2023
Farmington NY
I’m stocking the bookshelves
of my hoped-for home
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27 January 2023
Farmington NY
one second takes
two seconds on
three hours’ sleep
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26 January 2023
State College PA
you ordered carnitas again
you painted your nails
we renegotiate
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24 January 2023
State College PA
eyes tired, heart full
from a trip through
someone else’s world
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23 January 2023
State College PA
I tried to give goop
to the cat
but she ran away
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19 January 2023
State College PA
January seeps in under the door
I pull my mug of tea
closer to my chest
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17 January 2023
State College PA
memories of solitary lunches:
the sound of Eddie Pepitone
the taste of chicken makhani
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16 January 2023
State College PA
the pile of unread poetry books
grows from my desk
like the tree in Eden
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15 January 2023
State College PA
sometimes the metaphors
come too easily
my borrowed door is off its hinges
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14 January 2023
State College PA
a gentle tug of war
box fan versus
space heater
/ / /
13 January 2023
State College PA
a flicker of blue light
against the winter glass
an old woman seeks company
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12 January 2023
State College PA
everything I read is sad
perhaps the reason
isn’t everything I read
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10 January 2023
State College PA
green shoots of hope spring
up through the muck despite
the best efforts of the boot
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9 January 2023
State College PA