2012:
30th May 2012
pink satin nightie
goes well with boots for dawn chores
weep now, ancestors
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29th May 2012
past midnight baking
rhubarb vanilla custard
fragrant lullabye
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27th May 2012
green gold treasure trove
Swainson’s thrushes fill this grove
each sounds a bit drunk
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25th May 2012
pileated friend
skittish on the suet block
why so worried red
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23rd May 2012
waddling heartbreak
ducklings crossing parking lot
mama duck braves doom
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21st May 2012
squeak chicken coop rat
I know I should kill you dead
but your hands stop me
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16th May 2012
motherhood includes
word I swore I’d never use
inappropriate
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14th May 2012
teapot warm to touch
before kettle is on stove
hot day on the way
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9th May 2012
Mira loves Pink Floyd
most especially The Wall
so much for Raffi
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8th May 2012
work impacts my screen
Googling green sex data
nets me new side ads
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7th May 2012
72 true?
looks like summer’s come early
and on a Monday
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6th May 2012
slept through first sunlight
chickens are ashamed of me
goldfinch scolds from tree
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4th May 2012
solo parenting
through sensory meltdown storms
don’t try this at home
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3rd May 2012
standing in the rain
remembering to live love
nothing matters more
burying a friend
rain soaked dirt drums on coffin
umbrellas startle
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22nd April 2012
blisters and splinters
I earned this gin and tonic
sipped by new fire pit
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21st April 2012
shoveling compost
trying not to spear the hens
dashing in for worms
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20th April 2012
shattered French press gone
glass shard still stuck in my foot
coffee-free week sucks
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13th April 2012
past midnight thinking
plastic straws and poetry
instead of deep sleep
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6th April 2012
girls sweep chametz up
feed it to six happy hens
trade for Pesach eggs
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28th March 2012
dog ate something wrong
licked my nostrils inside out
now spring smells like shit
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7th March 2012
puddle droplets fly
junkohs bathe in lid left out
nature loves our mess
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26th February 2012
graupel in the night
soft blanket of hush falling
makes the dog bark bark
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22nd February 2012
dreamy bedtime talk
Richard Nixon Watergate
sweet dreams wee nerdlets
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22nd February 2012
black shadows on green
grass liquid gold in between
strong sunshine at last
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20th February 2012
peeping tub of fluff
red light warms people up too
spring chicks in winter
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3rd February 2012
part moon bright as full
dog wants out at 1 am
runs circles in light
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26th January 2012
gray morning surprise
bus stop lost to bad driving
sad muddy rubble
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23rd January 2012
DSL back on
5 day net fast is over
ice storm’s mixed blessing
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17th January 2012
flat gray sky and sound
color of a just-dead fish
waiting for new snow
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15th January 2012
junco army hops
must secure the suet block
no bushtits allowed
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9th January 2012
merde alors chickens
flying into the garden
need a higher fence
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8th January 2012
database research
who knew it would be so fun?
no I’m not kidding
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4th January 2012
robins singing out
in my January yard
too early for spring
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3rd January 2012
7:30 bus
lunch boxes of mystery
vacation’s over
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2011:
31st December 2011
parking lot rainbow
be a harbinger of joy
a happy new year
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24th December 2011
baking gingerbread
is much more fun than learning
you need four new tires
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23rd December 2011
things you shouldn’t do:
web search potential issue
your kid’s doc brought up
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23rd December 2011
winter vacation
second trip to urgent care
I need more coffee
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22nd December 2011
all-ages gambling
will the state shut down our den
of dreidel spinning?
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20th December 2011
potatoes piled up
house will reek of oil and joy
for eight glowing nights
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5th December 2011
anna’s hummingbird
honey badger of the air
dogs? it just don’t care
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2nd December 2011
work meeting stops cold
all heads snap to the window
alarmed by the sun
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11th November 2011
bird-leaf confusion
junkohs flash up leaves straight down
chickadees spiral
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16 September 2011
fall goldfinches match
the buddleia’s dying leaves
dirty mustard brown
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28th July 2011
Freedom Rock neighbor
it’s finally summer now
where is our soundtrack?
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23 July 2011
fixed gear bicycle
that road looked so flat to me
now I know it’s not
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21 July 2011
picking raspberries
wearing my black fleece jacket
no scratched arms this year
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13 July 2011
wearing coat inside
too stubborn to pay for heat
yes it is July
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2nd June 2011
air all aflutter
a hummingbird Thunderdome
spring’s a brutal time
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1st May 2011
warm enough at last!
enough insects for the bats
pooping on the deck
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25 April 2011
first golden goldfinch
back at the feeder today
it wasn’t a dream
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31st March 2011
still in pajamas
eating fried kabocha squash
spring break island style
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25th March 2011
rufous hummingbird
Mexico is far away
this nectar’s for you
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11th March 2011
Libya Japan
much too much daily heartbreak
good thing there’s love too
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28th February 2011
robin has more faith
hopping in the garden mud
convinced spring has come
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16th February 2011
barking barking dogs
six hens dashing for cover
this is some hail fall
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20th January 2011
bus stop not so dark
enough light for colors now
scarves and sky aglow
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11th January 2011
muffled ferry horn
backyard a cottony hush
finally some snow
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