even my turtle
who sits under a warm light
feels the chilly wind

-kaa


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we give and receive
in seventeen syllables~
poems fall like leaves

-jws

sun rises slowly
pink stripe across morning sky
the smell of coffee

-kaa


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voice quiet and strained
the old man speaks of the past~
green oxygen tube

-jws

chicken at road's edge
pecking dirt, head bobs slowly
fleeting dignity

-kaa


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walking in the woods
"when I was a little girl"
dad, daughter, oak leaves

-jws

cold wind and grey sky
yet here are the star-shaped leaves
of the sweet-gum tree

-jws

elusive essence
dreamt i was a paper cup
perfect conditions

OR

deep slumbering sleep
dreamt i was a paper cup
oddly intriguing

-kaa

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two friends side by side
they don't need to speak a word~
pair of old blue jeans

-jws

drops of rain hanging
at the tips of black branches
reflecting the sky

-jws

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cathartic newness
leaving behind ex-boyfriend
freshly-painted walls

-kaa

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under foggy moon
the night before Thanksgiving
burying hamsters

-kaa

the moldy pumpkin
perilously composting
smiles a toothless grin

-kaa


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silent, grey-white sky
trees standing quiet and still~
chickadees calling

-jws

the light was so bright
closed my eyes to remember
such a time as this

-kaa


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dark sky before dawn
heavy clouds, shifting slowly
now and then, the moon

-jws

monday morning rain
blown in from last night's full moon
purple umbrella

-kaa


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heavy, somber sky~
leaves come racing down the street
in a sudden wind

-jws

early morning fog
traffic light in the distance
man walking, head down

-kaa

awake before dawn
shadows undressing my mind
memory is cruel

-kaa

quiet before dawn
branches reach into the sky
one single bright star

-jws

bare trees all around
still, these cling to black branches~
yellow maple leaves

-jws


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playfully talking
wrinkled hands, animated
i forget her years

-kaa

sideways perch on wire
sequin-dressed trapeze artist
young red cardinal

-kaa


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driving late at night
jazz plays on the radio~
bare trees slipping past

-jws

my silly lover
poetic entrepreneur
writes about bare trees :)

-kaa


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tree branches, black, bare
thin lines etched in the night sky~
soft, hazy moonlight

-jws

smashing reflections
leaving a mountain of bones
he smiled at the moon

-kaa


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rain on the windshield
lights reflected on the road
in the car, dry leaves

-jws

like a Christmas star
atop a tall sycamore
one remaining leaf

-kaa


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deep blue sky grows dark
no leaves hang on black branches
just the quarter moon

-jws

first grade memories
split pea soup and milk for lunch
vomiting on Scott

-kaa


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riding on a bike
bright sunshine warms the body
cool in the shadows

-jws

red eyes, dry cracked lips
waking after a fever
i am a lantern

-kaa


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one leaf slowly falls
sun shines on quiet, bare trees
distant stream sparkles

-jws

frost on the back porch
footprints in the frozen grass
sun shines far away

-jws

sun, shadows, crickets;
leaves fall with hardly a sound--
whistle of a train

-jws


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headache and fever
lying under a blanket
the sun seems quite loud

-kaa

the dog pooped
glistening in mid-day light
on a crimson leaf


-kaa


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sun illuminates
trees of grey and black and brown
above, the blue sky

-jws


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something in the leaves
you can hear the scratch, scratch, scratch--
nothing to be seen

-jws

each face looks at me
small sutras being reborn
sardines in a can


-kaa


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just before sunrise
bare branches in silhouette
against a bare sky


-jws

nothing conceals you
of all things remembered
waking to your song


-kaa

digging potatoes
this spud has legs, starts to move
no--a little frog!

-jws

yellow ginkgo leaves
laid out like delicate fans
the pungent, sour smell


-jws


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frosted thistle weed
headlights of a passing car
pink sky of sunrise


-kaa

sparkling new firehouse
waiting for a disaster
boots in tidy rows


-kaa


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wind rustles the trees
racing leaves, jangling wind chimes
grey sky, motionless


-jws

a few days of rain
suddenly, the trees are bare
back porch full of leaves


-jws

warm coat, hat, scarf, gloves
going out in frosty air
the brilliant sunshine


-jws

shadow of a leaf
falls from shadow of a tree
shadow cat watches


-jws

blurry, tired eyes
been lookin' at too much stuff
bidding things adieu


-kaa