Electricity

Electricity
brightens cities,
dims galaxies.

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The XXX Olympiad

Imagine being an Olympic athlete,
fast, buff, muscled and sleek.

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Yellow Swallowtail

Yellow swallowtail plays a toccata
gracefully feeding on pink monarda.

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Bluebirds

Bluebirds on the wire,
once endangered, nearly extinct,
feed on fat angleworms.

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Goldfinches

Goldfinches alight
on flower heads to eat seeds
and pluck green petals.

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Cages

Cages are for beasts,
not for chickens that ruffle
feathers and peck the ground.

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Wind

Wind ripples water,
water moves rock, rock slides down
crushing the town.  Silence.

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Turkey Vultures

 8 turkey vultures
circle the golf course, rising
high in the blue sky.

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Blue, green, red

When the sky turns blue
and the grass green, fine red
roses bloom in my heart.

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Grand parenting

There is nothing
more loveable that a grandchild
returning to its parents.

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Wheels of Justice

The wheels of justice
turn faster and hit fewer
bumps in the road
when the road
is made from gold.

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Acorn

An acorn is small
but then grows tall,
reaching for sky,
bidding earth good bye.

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Tortoises and Hare

Man, woman, and boy
walk the wood after rain -
tortoises and hare.
Silence, sunlight, glisten.

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End of Day

End of day comes
too soon in summer,  Too soon
in winter.  Too soon.

June

His words were sweet
but not as sweet as June
when the berries ripen.

Love

If a shoe hurts, remove it.
If a tooth hurts, pull it.
If love hurts, well, love hurts.

Independence Day

Soldiers fight
in far-off wars
so we the people 
can sleep tonight
and dream tomorrow.

Pauper’s Pocket

A pauper’s pocket
has a hole where coins
first come then quickly go.

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White Peony Tea

 
White peony tea
once served to royalty
now is sipped by thou and me.

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Ratatouille

 

Hot ratatouille
over brown rice
needs very little spice.

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Ratatouille Ingredients

Ingredients
for ratatouille -
or for a rainbow?

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Stradivarius

Stradivarius
made violins for mortals
who play music for the gods.

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