mid morning break
ripples on the river
as a mosquito lands

Cicadas Song

cicadas sing their song of love deep in august heat now are still those that wait lie buried deep

rain falling softly
on its long journey to the sea
apples redden

within the darkness
the whirring pulse of crickets
entrances me

hospice visit
for the third time
she asks the name
of her daughter
holding her hand

Sketchbook, Vol. 5, No. 2
March/April 2010

falling star -
my wish lost
in the Milky Way

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étoile filante -
mon vœu s'est perdu
dans la Voie Lactée

forgotten glass jar
left outside, brewing at night
moon tea

fourth watch commute
rabbit dashes in city street
squealing breaks

light rains
a duck nibbles
the riverweed
.

lily filled river
ducks snooze
in the mid-day sun
.

loud clattering
of the recycling lorry
jackdaw on the roof

weekend afternoon
lone fly buzzes
on ripening pepper

perennial grass...
grizzled man in fatigues
panhandling

after

after the funeral
dodging deep puddles
in the long grass

gerald england

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beautiful flowers

colorful and artificial

disappointed hummingbird

yellow poppy
searching for the sunshine
vetch rambles on

Magnets

apricots fall
our outstretched arms
kindle motion
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..circa 2005
..Copyright 2010 Spiros Zafiris
..channeled; spirit Ram
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white out
writing about renga
on the balcony
.

summer

sawan's beard
flowing down
in liberty

penstemon
flowering on tall spikes
knapweed

the tulip tree
is sloughing off
brown leaves
I guess the summer
burned itself