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Month: September 2017

Heron in Adams Park

heron on one leg.jpg

Standing on one leg
in the swampy pond.
Is the Heron waiting
for the Canada
geese to return or
is he enjoying his
moments of quiet?

Posted on September 30, 2017January 21, 2018Categories UncategorizedLeave a comment on Heron in Adams Park

Moon Over Jefferies

moon over jefferies
“Moon Over Jefferies” by Wayne Thiebaud

Looking out of the
fourteen story window
at the sleet falling
cold and grey. A
January evening
fifty years ago. Most
of life still in the
future. Not yet
lived.

Posted on September 29, 2017January 21, 2018Categories UncategorizedLeave a comment on Moon Over Jefferies

Lost

terminus
Terminus Modern Ballet Theatre

I got lost in the
animal sounds,
the undulating blue.
The dancer’s bodies
moving within the
staged reality.
I was inside of it.
Until the cough, the
sneeze, the baby’s cry.

Posted on September 28, 2017January 21, 2018Categories UncategorizedLeave a comment on Lost

Crescent Shadows

cresents shadows.jpg

Crescent shadows as the
moon passes the sun
my neighbor’s voices loud
in the street.
The cicadas quiet as
the light fades. Not dark,
sun still high overhead.

Posted on September 27, 2017January 21, 2018Categories UncategorizedLeave a comment on Crescent Shadows

Feathered Crescents

feathered crescents.jpg

Feathered crescent
shadows reflected
on the asphalt
as the moon
crossed the sun.

Posted on September 26, 2017January 21, 2018Categories UncategorizedLeave a comment on Feathered Crescents

Eclipse #2

joints eclipse ?.jpg

Standing in front of
offices and stores,
they shared one pair of
glasses,
passing them down
the line like a
joint.
September

Posted on September 25, 2017January 21, 2018Categories UncategorizedLeave a comment on Eclipse #2

The Eclipse

dancing gypsy moon.jpg

Another hot morning.
By 1 PM the sun
was overhead
bright and hotter.
Looking through
pinholes and fingers.
Then all around –
crescents. On the
car, the driveway.
Like cave paintings
on the asphalt.

Posted on September 24, 2017January 21, 2018Categories UncategorizedLeave a comment on The Eclipse

Cave Paintings

asphalt cresents.jpg

Like cave paintings
on asphalt, we
watched the moon
slide across the
sun in crescents
coming through
the trees.

Posted on September 23, 2017January 21, 2018Categories UncategorizedLeave a comment on Cave Paintings

Time Travelers

2 girls on bike
Photograph by Henry Cleage

A group of seven ten
year old kids on
bikes and scooters
careened around the corner.
No adults in sight.
Time travelers.

Posted on September 21, 2017January 21, 2018Categories UncategorizedLeave a comment on Time Travelers

A Golden Leaf

leaf.jpg

I opened the door and
walked into the heat.
The click of the cicadas
was their daytime low.
Walking down the sloping
driveway to the mailbox,
the green canopy overhead.
Looking down the street,
the thunder clouds piled
up. A golden leaf floated
to the ground.

Posted on September 20, 2017January 21, 2018Categories UncategorizedLeave a comment on A Golden Leaf

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