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two more brief poems today

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two more brief poems today

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Black Branches

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The squirrel ran criss-cross

Up the branches

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Zig-zag ladder

I certainly had not noticed

Upon

Looking out

Into the dark-grey day

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The squirrel’s smart

Good legs

The tail helps

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And the creature’s

Totally

Impulsively involved with nature

To be so in tune

With all vibrations

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Must be astounding

To have so much

Ordinary

Magic

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8 to try

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Hanukkah tonight

starts

8 days for a miracle

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what if

we try this for our

universal selves

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8 days for peace

before they arrive

that is

something

outside ourselves

to judge

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pretend

there is a deadline

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find out

how far we get

then let it stay

for real

beyond 8

you know

as long as we can

or may

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8 and more

as if the world

were at stake

which

you know

it is

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Photo by Mila Tovar on Unsplash

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C L Couch

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haiku (more)

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haiku

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slow nature inside

plants grow in unsure seasons

ours darkness or light

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unsurely outside

winter by a calendar

summer another

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3

creature on a branch

cardinal or squirrel set

then fly or skitter

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C L Couch

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(like those earlier, these haiku can relate to each other, though I doubt there is a rule about connection; or each haiku may stand alone, which I guess is more traditional)

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Photo by Vincent van Zalinge on Unsplash

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Slow Glass

Slow Glass

 

The birds are quiet today

The sky is still

Precursors to rain, perhaps

 

Earlier, I saw a squirrel outside the window

On a lower branch

The animal stopped, gray arches for

Its back and a brushy tail

Turned one way and then another

 

We, smaller beast and I, looked at each other

For a while

Already out of reach

We could afford to stare

 

Now we might serve as memories

To each other, through the glass

 

C L Couch

 

“Light of Other Days” is a science fiction short story by Irish writer Bob Shaw. It was originally published in August 1966 in Analog Science Fiction and Fact. The story uses the idea of “slow glass”: glass through which light takes years to pass. Bob Shaw used this idea again in later stories.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_of_Other_Days

 

 

Photo by Daniel McCullough on Unsplash

 

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We Can Play

We Can Play

 

A squirrel and a bird play

In the tree

At least that’s how it looks

And sounds

The bird flies up; the squirrel follows

The sounds of chirping and chittering

Sound friendly,

As if I’d know

Though I know the difference between

A purr and a hiss

Ears up or ears laid back

The growl that leads to the bark

So I’m going to call it

Playing

There is no better way to spend

An early morning

If you’re a squirrel or a bird

So let’s pretend

We are squirrels or birds

 

C L Couch

 

 

Photo by Rowan Heuvel on Unsplash

Unawatuna, Sri Lanka

 

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