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on second thought
I'll leave the radio off
preferring instead
a child's
improvised allegro
Magnapoets –
Issue 3, January, 2009
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fewer deer
in the herd we watched
by the roadside–
a gun barrel cools
in the morning mist
Magnapoets –
Issue 3, January, 2009 |
the moon
receding 3.8 centimeters
a year
how else to explain
this longing for you
Magnapoets – Premiere
Issue, January, 2008
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When my time
is over
there will be no death poem
just this testament of life:
“I've gone to thank the One
who blessed me with children.”
Spring 2006
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second
honeymoon–
our first outdoor shower
together
what a delight to find that water
can rekindle a fire
red lights, vol. 2, no. 1, January 2006
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that maple
tree,
two years ago red leaves
last year yellow
now orange
this is how we've grown
Winter 2005
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sipping sake,
let us prolong
this moment–
under a lovers' moon
we write poetry
Winter 2005
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flipping the
pages
of a photo album
my inner child
grows old
before my eyes
Autumn 2005
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in through
the meshed wire
of the screen door
an inch worm wiggles–
I, too, have no desire
to become worldly today
Autumn 2005
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she kneels for Yeats
I reach for Akiko
in the poetry aisle
reading the smile
of a lovely stranger
Summer 2005
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dust clouds
from a hoe
a sweat droplet
dangles
from my father's nose
Summer 2005
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Faith
(a tanka sequence)
from the onset
of the first G-chord
an Alzheimer's patient
lifts her head
to sing
with his one
good leg
the old man
taps his foot to
“Sweet Bye And Bye”
the lady
in a wheelchair
struggles to follow–
“One more song
before you go?”
red lights, vol. 1, no.
2, June 2005
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casual conversation–
a young barber speaks
of spring break plans
while clumps of gray hair
gather in my lap
Spring 2005
Simply Haiku
, vol 3 no 1
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dozing
to the drone
of the train's engines
I slip
into tomorrow
Spring 2005
Simply Haiku
,vol 3 no 1
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a mild winter day–
my daughter dances
to Vivaldi
today, I don't mind
having crow's feet
Spring 2005
Simply Haiku
,vol 3 no 1
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you pass my door
in a rush
to smoke a cigarette
without a pause
for my one breath poem
Spring 2005
Simply Haiku
,vol 3 no 1
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little green snake
on the woodland path
I watch you depart
across the fallen leaves
through my camera lens
Spring 2005
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a wrinkled
photo
of a young girl
bathing in the lake–
I fall in love again
with my wife
Spring 2005
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