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Music To Our Ears

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You’re never too old

to enjoy a free concert

on a sunny afternoon.

~

No need to leave home.

Just open the door and you’ll

hear the birds singing.

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May·12

Food Flight

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The first to arrive.

the last to go…uninvited

squirrels at the bird feeder.

~

When they first arrive,

those old crows cackled fury

finding their feed absconding.

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May·11

As Night Falls

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As night slowly falls,

the howling of coyotes

adds a note of eeriness…

~

…and when the owls join

with their haunting cries of who,

we shake in wonder.

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May·10

A Sfumato Start

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Slowly shifting mist

adds mystery to the start

of a matter-of-fact day.

~

Shifting mists highlight

just as well as they conceal,

drawing eyes to shape and form.

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May·09

Night and Day

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Humming ceiling fans

and the stirring of the air

gently caress me to sleep.

~

Meows of hungry

cats and whine of lonely dog

ungently awaken me.

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May·08

Forlorn Folly

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May can’t seem to let

go of April and make space

for June’s arrival.

~

Maybe May might think

it has the might to resist

June’s jejune vicissitude.

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May·07

Special Moments

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It’s not every day

one goes to such great lengths for

the chance to thank a mentor.

~

It gladdens the heart

when appreciation is

given and received.

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May·06

It’s All In The Cards

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When the cards are stacked

against us, may we find strength

enough to try anyway.

~

Sometimes that stacked deck

should serve as a loud warning

that this path is not the way.

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May·05

Help Needed

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Who will rise to meet

the challenges presented

by the light devourers?

~

Every day, many

meet those challenges, but they

are often unseen.

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May·04

It’s Not The Between

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In between places

can be noisy as they fill

with worrisome thoughts.

~

When it’s quiet there,

some will find peace within them

others build a shrieking void.

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May·03

One By One

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Each extinguished torch

allows darkness to encroach

upon our shrinking village.

~

Encroaching darkness

brings with it memories of

former light bearers.

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May·02

Drawing A Blank

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A certain blankness

is visiting our minds, but

we have hope it won’t linger.

~

Creative juices

dry up after talking to

Insurance Claims Adjusters.

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May·01

Those Thumbless Tenders

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Spring rains water plants

with no supervision or

effort from any of us.

~

…and somehow new growth

never gets overwatered

despite their zealous tending.

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Apr·30

Sweet Nothingness

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As I cast about

for something pithy to say,

all I found was nothingness.

~

Nothingness also

is visiting me today.

What is there to say?

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Apr·29

All The World’s a Stage

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A parade of deer

marched across the yard, looking

around, waiting for applause.

~

A turkey quartet

grumbles across the driveway

A vixen slinks by; groupie?

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Apr·28

Beset With Shadows

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Stark shadows remain

of the late unpleasantness

that once stalked this verdant land

~

We can’t erase those

shadows by banning books or

silencing conversation.

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Apr·27

Persian Poets

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Hafiz reminds us

that blame is a stock which brings

very poor returns.

~

Always practical

Hafiz was, unlike Rumi,

living his life mystically

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Apr·26

When Schedules Conflict

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So many flowers

arrive ahead of schedule;

Will any be left for May?

~

Flowers follow their

own schedules and don’t pay much

attention to ours.

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Apr·25

A Highfalutin Flutter

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The fields are bathed in

golden light as deer stroll by

and crows critique their progress.

~

Bird-brains oft complain

about the stolid advance

of their hidebound companions.

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Apr·24

Here And There

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After a lengthy

and vexing, rainy, night’s drive,

dawn breaks on the beach.

~

Back home the slowly

rising sun shines through the mist

hinting of better weather.

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Apr·23

None Aboard…

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Distant train whistle

invites me to get moving,

but I think I’ll pass.

~

I passed on boarding

that train likewise preferring

to ride rails in the dreamscape.

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Apr·22

4/20 draft: lost in the aether

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That gurgle from trees;

sounds like fish, splashing in ponds?

Brown-headed Cowbirds?

~

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Apr·20

Alchemy’s Vernal Affront

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April seems to be

trying to find a way to

combine parts of March and May.

~

April is, of course,

two seasons’ homunculus.

Winter transmuted to Spring.

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Apr·19

The Depths

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Someday we may plumb

Suffering’s abyssal depths

And waken Leviathan

~

Compassion can ease

the world’s suffering without

awaking Leviathan.

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Apr·18

Meet and Right

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As we drove past them

the white dogwoods waved and gave

us a standing ovation.

~

And is it not, thus

due us, in our station as,

Masters of all we survey?

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Apr·17

Quite A Lark

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Like long parted Larks

gathered again together,

splendidly they sang.

~

What a joy to hear

again the music they once

made with each other.

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Apr·16

As Time Permits

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Motherly advice –

today is your wife’s birthday.

Take her on a fun-filled date.

~

If there’s any time

After her class reunion

I will gladly heed your advice.

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Apr·15

Lost Lucidity

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A lucid moment

skitters past and disappears

Into the mounting clutter.

~

Got lost in daily

clutter and thus lost a chance

to write a lucid response.

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Apr·14

Springtime Green and Gold

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I’ll never tire

of the youthful leaves of Spring

and the renewal they bring.

~

Warm sun on cool skin

is the way days should begin

not, just yet, summer’s fire.

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Apr·13

Writing

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Writing poetry

demands more observation

but less discipline than prose.

~

Writing requires

devotion amidst a whole

world of commotion.

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Apr·12

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