unedged day or night
all the senses for a change
amorphous aware
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photo by Branimir Balogović on Unsplash
water through the pipes
warm trick for winter metal
an old-house problem
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photo by Sigmund on Unsplash
(based on storm forecasts)
2 haiku for Minnesota
what is it we need
the warmth of peace most of all
Minnesota iced
know there’s loss of life
anger with the fear in that
to pray and protest
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photo by Blake Harbison on Unsplash
Lake Superior Lighthouse
Minnesota, United States
it’s day though so dark
taking sun and then moonlight
need new ways to see
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photo by Josep Martins on Unsplash
more: https://gumroad.com/josepmartins [from the photographer]
Barcelona, Spain
a story’s ending
exhale then outside to play
the next one will call
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photo by Hümâ H. Yardım on Unsplash
twelve days a season
Christmas to Epiphany
birth of Christ first day
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photo by Zephir Brush on Unsplash
a leaf is carried
page of the better story
a breeze delivers
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photo by Matt Collamer on Unsplash
names
Our Lady has a day
Juan Diego anglo named
she gave him roses
(12 December, Our Lady of Guadalupe)
I am Christopher
bearer of Christ and walking
hundred-acre woods
your name is your name
assigned you for a reason
there is a story
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(a series, I suppose, though I think each poem stands on its own)
there are good stories [a line while drafting that I thought I’d let stay on the page]
photo by Aida Batres on Unsplash
Saint Nicholas gold
in secret by night windows
chimneys correlate
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for Saint Nicholas Day, 6 December (19 east of west)
photo by American Jael on Unsplash
Wichita
(somehow the magic)
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