pale gray without lines
no deep curves and shadow-play
I’d rather rainclouds
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late(ish) fall bares trees
spiny soldiers guard the land
so the ground may sleep
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Saturday haiku
the weekend adds up week’s leaves
rake and then jump in
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so it is today
and beauty from brown ashes
withered leaves provide
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(I saw so many fallen leaves on the ground, despite it being only early August for the summer)
sodden leaves by rain
black branches keep dimension
folded out pale sky
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2 weekend haiku
Saturday crowds green
back and out front glisten ‘round
wider spring’s sunlight
city slides from hill
bushel claims the under-light
weekend gospel press
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(x = space)
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A Day with Rings
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How is your day today
I want to know
Did you clean something
Or negotiate
With dust bunnies to
Back away with company
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It’s the weekend
You might not have the weekend
Expectations change
Deadlines
And work quantities
This could be a day of play
The virtue of busyness
Our construct for a while
Notwithstanding
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Whatever is involved
Have a good
Deserved day
Please
And thank you
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Photo by Giorgi Iremadze on Unsplash
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(x = space)
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Slip-Sliding Petition
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God, I’m tired
Not tired of life
But from lack of sleep
Dreams
That wear me out
So that I’ve lived a day already
Then try to rise
Into waking,
Real agendas
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This is a prayer
Maybe I could ask for something
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I can’t think of anything else
I’ve drifted off
Into Saturday
Or something like
Is Saturday a prayer?
Amen
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(x = space)
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A Human Gift
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God smiles on a Saturday
The human invention
Of a weekend
An extra day for homework
Sleeping in, perhaps
Housecleaning
Or play
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It’s a gift we gave ourselves
Along with ending child labor
In “Satanic Mills”
And the imposition on the profit-makers
Of an eight-hour day
For manufacturing iron and steel into
Gold and empire,
All of which happened
With agrarian losses
And also serfs and lords
In the old system
Classes turned into attitudes
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It’s more complex, of course
But doesn’t bear a quiz
This is the day we have
(not everywhere)
An extra day for homework
Sleeping in, perhaps
Housecleaning
Or play
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“Jerusalem,” a hymn, words by William Blake
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Let’s play fetch!
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