got me a hatchet
for chopping up some firewood
that’s my story boys
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7 May 2021
Newport VT
Category: Haiku
white-throated sparrow
imitates the mockingjay
fiction becomes real
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6 May 2021
Greensboro Bend VT
babble of birdsong:
what tower could we construct
to know its meaning?
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5 May 2021
Champlain NY
fishermen sling boats
on the shore of Lake Champlain
cool spring night settles
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4 May 2021
Champlain, NY
Monday: Montcalm Park
a squirrel knocks branches down
mower scares the birds
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3 May 2021
Oswego NY
just as the rain starts
I move into the garage
van life in spring time
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2 May 2021
Farmington NY
deck chair flips over
ripped plastic waves like a flag
April roaring out
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1 May 2021
Farmington NY
a tufted titmouse
tries to get our attention
evening leaves rustle
February night —
like static between stations:
the waves in the cove
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7 February 2021
south of Mendocino CA
watch cattle grazing
feel my heartbeat start to slow
: a morning lesson
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22 January 2021
Catalina AZ
sunshine, wild horses
“you’ll for sure poop in your van”
: Ironwood Forest
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16 January 2021
Ironwood Forest National Monument
Arizona
January sun
wild birds call in the distance
on a rock in space
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15 January 2021
Ironwood Forest National Monument
Arizona
crisp new year morning:
I sit zazen beside the
Little Cahaba
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3 January 2021
Birmingham, AL
warm tea inside me:
“Let’s all go to Narnia!”
(rain drums on the roof)
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24 December 2020
State College PA
cold rain on the roof;
inside the van, Beethoven
keeps winter at bay
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Jason Crane
21 December 2020
State College PA