Mayday

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I started this blog two years ago today. Thank you all, you wild flowers.

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I’d say more, but I might start bawling and get salt water in my keyboard.

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(through the lens)

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through the lens
only some
of the blossoms

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durch die Linse
nur einige
der Blüten

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Chrysanthemum 11, April 2012

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(spring wind)

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spring wind
the color
of his diagnosis

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Acorn 28

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(Easter morning)

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Easter morning…
three silos
on the horizon

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The Heron’s Nest, June 2011

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(rain on wet leaves)

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rain on wet leaves
the way the lawyer
pronounces “divorce”

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Kokako 16, April 2012

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(a bouquet)

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a bouquet
of my least favorite flowers
first love

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bottle rockets #26

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(a clutch)

artwork by Chrysti

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a clutch of duck eggs
the corner of the backyard
where we bury things

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A Hundred Gourds 1.1

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(sap rising)

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sap rising he imagines me completely

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haiku: Modern Haiku 42.3

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(every spring)

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every spring
a little more alone
wild violets

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haiku: Acorn 27

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(seed holes)

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seed holes
I say hello to the neighbor
I quarreled with

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a handful of stones 10/15/2011

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(the iris)

Photo by jo-h

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spring rain
the lips and throat
of the iris

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DailyHaiku 8/23/11

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(violets)

(white crocuses)

(photo: Jay Otto)

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white crocuses the first exposed skin

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DailyHaiku 7/16/11

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(seed starting)

(Artwork: Rick Daddario, 19 Planets)

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seed starting
a pile of rusted nails
on the workbench

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DailyHaiku, 7/15/2011

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(particles)

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particles decaying at the speed of lilac

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Roadrunner 11.2

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(sap rising)

(Artwork by Rick Daddario, 19 Planets)

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sap rising
three or four gumballs
in my pockets

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DailyHaiku, 7/10/11

(thaw)

 

thaw
eventually it will come
to frogs

Presence 44

(mud season)

(Photo: Rick Daddario, 19 Planets)

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mud season
what to apologize for
first

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DailyHaiku, 6/2/2011

(My third week of daily entries at DailyHaiku begins today. Hop on over and take a look.)

(snowmelt)

snowmelt
and the black earth beneath:
I abandon
the idea of dying
on purpose
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Notes from the Gean 3:1, June 2011