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Bonfire Lights
Bonfire Lights Sparks fly upward dance in darkness for one moment. Then drift downward on evening breeze becoming only ash to be swept aside. But in that one moment they burn with desire to be one with their distant sisters … Continue reading
Posted in Bonfire Lights
Tagged ash, bonfire, burn, dance, desire, NaPoWriMo, Poetry Pantry, Poets United, sparks
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Weather, or Not
Weather, Or Not Neither game nor superstition, January is a shady train taken in hopes of some mysterious list of sane gravity, somewhere in a balmy future. Chickens need not apply, especially any who might hope for some grain of … Continue reading
Posted in Weather or Not
Tagged cold, January, Poetry Pantry, Poets United, The Sunday Whirl, Weather, wordle
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Monkey-Business In Moonlight
Monkey-Business In Moonlight Air is stung with blows from swords strapped on with relish. Clangs merge with strident song of iron that rings across and over field stubble, or against hard stone of filled silo. One can only wonder at … Continue reading
Posted in Monkey-Business In Moonlight
Tagged kiss, monkey-business, Poetry Pantry, Poets United, silence, Sundays Whirligig, swordplay, The Sunday Whirl, wordles
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In Present Moments
For The Sunday Whirl – Whirl #323 https://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/ and Poets United: Poetry Pantry #376 http://poetryblogroll.blogspot.com/ In Present Moments No longer limber enough to walk shoreline. Sigh at my inability to toss a pebble into cold morning mist, or hear the … Continue reading
Posted in In Present Moments
Tagged aging, no longer limber, past, Poetry Pantry, Poets United, present moments, sky as mirror, The Sunday Whirl, wordle
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Caught: a Haibun
For Sunday’s Whirligig: Wordle #116 http://sundayswhirligig.blogspot.com/ running, again, knee, father, girl, bends, way, legs, angel, where, smiling, thank For The Sunday Whirl: Wordle #304 https://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/ whistle, touch, wheel, word, gnaws, ring, prints, apart, broken, echo, thread, fall And Poets United: … Continue reading
Posted in Caught: a Haibun
Tagged caught, Father's Day, fishing, haibun, perch, Poetry Pantry, Poets United, Sundays Whirligig, The Sunday Whirl, wordles, words
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Milkweed Ancestors
For The Sunday Whirl: Wordle #298 https://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/ born, radiates rings, snapped, rain, cave, limb, spirits, thin, origins, stories, ash For Sunday’s Whirligig: Wordle #110 http://sundayswhirligig.blogspot.com/ tiny, old, flare, gaze, month, clover, thick, milkweed, drifts, melt, parch, perishes For Poets United: … Continue reading
Posted in Milkweed Ancestors
Tagged ancestors, black soot, milkweed, origins, Poetry Pantry, Poets United, Sundays Whirligig, The Sunday Whirl, wordles
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April PAD Challenge: Final Day
For Sunday’s Whirligig: Wordle #109 http://sundayswhirligig.blogspot.com/ mingle, woven, rope, daughter, splash, burning, daffodils, calendar, jays, branch, yours, first For The Sunday Whirl: Wordle #297 https://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/ spiral, saints, run, life, list, lace, settle, sum, prayer, itch, sing, chip Poets United: Poetry … Continue reading
