she moved to St. Louis —
I startle a dove
as I open the door
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11 August 2023
Charlottesville VA
Category: Haiku
the endless rolling
of plastic
neighbor’s weed wacker
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10 August 2023
Charlottesville VA
Three For Quincy
first night: scared
behind my bedroom door
as you prowl the downstairs
*
those two German shepherds
came into the yard
left yelping minutes later
*
photo: me on the porch
big glasses, wind-blown hair
arm around you
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8 August 2023
Charlottesville VA
This is poem 18 in a series called 50 Days Till 50 Years. I’m writing a poem a day between now and my 50th birthday. I’m going to try to focus on memories of my past, and the people who inhabited it.
Leave a CommentI got into Star Trek
but he was already gone
claimed by age & the ocean
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7 August 2023
Charlottesville VA
This is poem 17 in a series called 50 Days Till 50 Years. I’m writing a poem a day between now and my 50th birthday. I’m going to try to focus on memories of my past, and the people who inhabited it.
Leave a Commentanother normal family
on vacation / behind the boys
a sperm whale’s skeleton
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6 August 2023
Shenandoah National Park
This is poem 15 in a series called 50 Days Till 50 Years. I’m writing a poem a day between now and my 50th birthday. I’m going to try to focus on memories of my past, and the people who inhabited it.
nooks & crannies
Jonas Vingegaard
Tadej Pogacar
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13 July 2023
Charlottesville VA
maybe if
I / they
would love me
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11 July 2023
Charlottesville VA
utter silence
buzz
a bug against the lamp
/ / /
9 July 2023
Charlottesville VA
six minutes to midnight
sending out ones and zeroes
a fox darts into bushes
/ / /
5 July 2023
Charlottesville VA
the porch visit over
I make a cup of tea
cricket songs returning
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28 June 2023
Charlottesville VA
I wrapped myself
in a tent made of sky
floating in the half-light
/ / /
10 May 2023
Charlottesville VA
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
/ / /
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