Tag: winter

• the sweaty moon dreams of karaoke in winter

  (First published in Modern Haiku.)

  July 21, 2023

  dreams, karaoke, modern haiku, sweaty moon, winter

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• and I freeze no matter how fancy the pen or the whisky it’s all the same my lost shoes they say this winter the victims will write history

  February 8, 2023

  history, pen, shoes, victims, whisky, winter

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• imagine the day fine and the gremlin
  in the intestine who shatters the desk
  before the final exam to stay warm
  through an unremarkable winter may
  smile before the surprise final exam

  December 11, 2022

  day, desk, exam, gremlin, intestine, winter

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• in those dependent days they worked

  nights and days and when home slept so

  we had to stay quiet despite

  the urge to loudly play so we

  kept the TV low, laughed with the

  laugh track and didn’t understand

  spring and winter and spring again

  October 14, 2022

  days, laugh track, spring, tv, winter

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• what would it sound like
  to walk out on the sound

  gulls chase
  gulls for a bit

  that sound
  breathing
  needles

  so I hope for green
  through the still black
  door to see color to
  burst into bloom into
  color burst and burst

  what thoughts I would have liked
  putting them on a shelf or

  but what would it sound like
  opening my mouth the way

  the white heron hides its neck
  am I too late

  do I keep
  taking notes on sheets of ice

  August 18, 2022

  color, green, gulls, heron, ice, mouth, needles, shelf, sound, stone, sun, winter

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• to eat but winter wind. The bloody stone by the turn

  December 29, 2021

  stone, wind, winter

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• jogging in winter you’ll never know the name they call you

  December 27, 2021

  jogging, name, winter

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• splinter

  as you try to catch a glimpse of the burnt remains it crawls under your skin where the bright sky of the north holds sovereignty over the too-short winter

  December 25, 2021

  burnt, north, sky, winter

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• what the worm knows of winter suddenly awake at 3

  December 21, 2021

  awake, winter, worm

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• winter rain the smoothness of a kidney bean

  March 10, 2021

  kidney bean, rain, smoothness, winter

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• my neighbor’s porch light for two months deep winter

  February 10, 2021

  months, neighbor, porch light, winter

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• my uncle from the stars of winter

  February 2, 2021

  stars, uncle, winter

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• the weight of Sunday winter clothing

  April 28, 2014

  clothing, sunday, weight, winter

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• bright winter morning
  in another room
  the kettle calls

  March 11, 2014

  bright, kettle, morning, winter

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• ducks
  come to my empty hands
  winter

  February 27, 2014

  ducks, empty, hands, winter

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• winter the scientific names of butterflies

  October 17, 2012

  butterflies, names, winter

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• thin winter moon I dust the old dog’s ashes

  February 16, 2012

  ashes, dog, dust, moon, thin, winter

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• a winter fly bangs the ceiling thin groundhog soup

  February 2, 2012

  ceiling, fly, groundhog, soup, winter

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• frozen grass I breathe out just to see the cloud

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  distant sound of sirens through snowflakes winter seclusion

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  blowing the crumbs off my keyboard I think of the old dog

   

  December 9, 2011

  breath, dog, frozen, grass, snow, winter

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• the winter fly bouncing on the ceiling doesn’t want my help

   

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  the sound of distant cars my cereal loses its crunch

   

  December 6, 2011

  cereal, fly, smile, spring, winter

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