Through a dirty pane
Bare lightbulb screaming yellow
I quicken my steps
Bare lightbulb screaming yellow
I quicken my steps
Twenty-Nine
29 April 2007
Fall twilight thuds down
A jackdaw roosts on a roof
Such heavy omens
A jackdaw roosts on a roof
Such heavy omens
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Twenty-Eight
28 April 2007
Greasy spoon diner
Oatmeal with fruit for breakfast
Raisins don't have legs!
Oatmeal with fruit for breakfast
Raisins don't have legs!
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1:36 PM
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Twenty-Seven
27 April 2007
My inheritance-
this tiny family graveyard;
My bone-stuffed garden
maybe this one is better:
My bone-stuffed garden,
This tiny family graveyard-
My inheritance
this tiny family graveyard;
My bone-stuffed garden
maybe this one is better:
My bone-stuffed garden,
This tiny family graveyard-
My inheritance
*My family does actually have a small, private cemetery in my hometown, my father is buried there. The site overlooks the West branch of the Niagara River. My mother used to do some of the groundskeeping and I grew up playing among the gravesites, daydreaming, reading, chasing bugs, sometimes wiggling loose markers or picking the roses from the bush that covered a great-great aunt's plot and putting them on other graves, because it was good to share. I never thought this was morbid or weird and just assumed every family had a little cemetery for themselves and they all did stuff like this. My husband was extremely weirded out when I took him to visit and to hang out, and this embarassed me profoundly for some reason I can't quite articulate. I miss my cemetery.
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6:50 AM
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Twenty-Six
26 April 2007
Under old tiled eaves
Cobwebs collect cherry petals
Spiders go hungry
Cobwebs collect cherry petals
Spiders go hungry
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10:53 AM
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Twenty-Five
25 April 2007
Early spring morning
A friend at my door in tears
Beginnings, endings
A friend at my door in tears
Beginnings, endings
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4:25 PM
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Twenty-Four
24 April 2007
Blind constellations
Whose stars no longer grant wishes
Star-lit lies of winter
Whose stars no longer grant wishes
Star-lit lies of winter
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10:44 PM
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Twenty-Three
23 April 2007
Winter's rage retreats
Stone lantern split in half
Spring softly cleans up
Stone lantern split in half
Spring softly cleans up
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6:40 AM
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Twenty-Two
22 April 2007
Dishes in the sink
A black bug creeping along
Ennui of Sunday
A black bug creeping along
Ennui of Sunday
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10:36 AM
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Twenty-One
21 April 2007
Springtime fixing up
The hammer arcs and misses
Curses drown birdsong
The hammer arcs and misses
Curses drown birdsong
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10:33 AM
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Twenty
20 April 2007
Too old for pimples
I peer into the mirror
Better than wrinkles
I peer into the mirror
Better than wrinkles
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9:00 PM
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Nineteen
19 April 2007
Yellow daffodils
In the rain, I remember
My father long dead
In the rain, I remember
My father long dead
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10:50 AM
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Eighteen
18 April 2007
Winding in my legs
The cat is trying to kill me
The steep stairwell looms
The cat is trying to kill me
The steep stairwell looms
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10:48 AM
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Seventeen
17 April 2007
A storm approaches
Tin angels dance on my roof
The sun scares them off
Tin angels dance on my roof
The sun scares them off
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8:13 AM
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Sixteen
16 April 2007
I go to bed late
The sun comes up earlier
Spring insomnia
The sun comes up earlier
Spring insomnia
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8:10 PM
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Fifteen
15 April 2007
Centipede that was
A noodle dropped on the floor
Some kitchen magic!
A noodle dropped on the floor
Some kitchen magic!
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8:05 AM
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Fourteen
14 April 2007
Under glad spring skies
Pink shimmer of Sakura
Black of a dead crow
Pink shimmer of Sakura
Black of a dead crow
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7:47 AM
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Thirteen
13 April 2007
Seated on a park bench
I sip on tastes of springtime
white clouds and white sake
I sip on tastes of springtime
white clouds and white sake
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7:22 PM
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Twelve
12 April 2007
An evening's outing
Strolling across my backyard
Pheasants and old men
Strolling across my backyard
Pheasants and old men
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7:09 PM
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Eleven
11 April 2007
Quiet spring morning
Frilly noise of peonies
The ants come running
Frilly noise of peonies
The ants come running
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8:23 PM
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Ten
10 April 2007
Spring fever grips me
Daffodil and traffic light
Unheeded yellows
Daffodil and traffic light
Unheeded yellows
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12:28 PM
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Nine
09 April 2007
Springtime fields beneath
The darkness of a new moon
A heart’s deep secrets
The darkness of a new moon
A heart’s deep secrets
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12:25 PM
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Eight
08 April 2007
The seventh month starts
Swimming in a sea of clouds
Ends drowned in the heat
Swimming in a sea of clouds
Ends drowned in the heat
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12:22 PM
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Seven
07 April 2007
Bits of sweet color
Tucked among bland winter weeks
Hanging persimmons
Tucked among bland winter weeks
Hanging persimmons
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12:21 PM
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Six
06 April 2007
Flaming maple leaves
Drift away from black branches
Moments of our lives
Drift away from black branches
Moments of our lives
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12:20 PM
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Five
05 April 2007
In December skies
White dagger of a gull's wing
It cuts through my grief
White dagger of a gull's wing
It cuts through my grief
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12:16 PM
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Four
04 April 2007
Glinting in the charcoal pile
A treasure ignored
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12:15 PM
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Three
03 April 2007
Above harvested fields
A streak in the dimming light
The red dragonfly rises
A streak in the dimming light
The red dragonfly rises
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12:14 PM
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Two
02 April 2007
Many fireflies in the grass
I am also caught
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12:12 PM
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One
01 April 2007
Butterflies stagger along
Drunk on the bright wind
A wobbly parade
Drunk on the bright wind
A wobbly parade
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12:10 PM
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