Rain Reflection

Summer morning rain,
Breeze brings some on porch with tea,
-evergreens through mist.

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Afternoon Meditation

Summer rain on roof,
Watching clouds and time go by
-swinging porch hammock.

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Dinnertime!

Summer means porch time,
And mosquito Thanksgiving
-the feast is on me!

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Sweet Deams

Slipping off to sleep,
Vivaldi's summer playing
-dreaming of Benton.

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Moving Day Blues #2

I didn't have much stuff,
Until the day of the move
-then I found mountains.

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Boiling Mad

Principal's Office
by Edward S. Gault

We knew we were finished.
Mr. Dingleberry was really going
to lean into us
(he was generally given to
old fashioned fundamentalist style
rants and tirades;
mercy and charitable ecumenism
not being his forte).
Someone had narc-ed.
So we had come clean
about what we had done
with Shiela's purse-
but ol' Dingle was more ticked
about the can of ripe eggs
in the boiler room!

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One Single Impression: Fragrance

Moving Day Blues

Packing for the move,
A neverending labor
-curse of sisyphus.

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Passages

Old high school yearbooks,
Sitting on shelf for decades
-voices of the dead;
time to recycle these now,
my old self died long ago.

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On A Roll

Writing in carol,
Surrounded by vast bookshelves
-ambiance not seen.

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Overworked Underpaid Dept.

Boss ordered project,
We worked tails off through night,
-boss said: do over;
Now due at two fiftynine,
Air conditioner broke down.

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Pirate Daycare

Children lining up,
Their small bowels overflowing
-booty of porage;
Long John Silver in kitchen,
Captain Hook dishing out shares.

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Soaring With Muse

In coastal garden,
A gathering of poets
-airplanes taking off.

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Voice Of Wisdom

Sitting in garden,
Waiting upon soul's soft voice
-sanctuary's peace.

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One Single Impression: Inner Voice

Upward Bound

Walking many miles,
up steep switchbacks to mesa
-new mountain vistas.

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The Other Me

Sitting in the street,
With a sign for food and cup
-ourselves yet unseen.

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A Thousand Steps

Walking to center,
Asking mind many questions
-answers forthcoming.

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Time Travel

Leading Hichborn tours,
Telling the stories rooms tell
-giving voice to past.

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Lost In Lines

Examining maps,
Lines that show everything
-yet tell me nothing.

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Connection

Friends get together,
Eat soup, break bread, and talk
-closer fellowship.

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Thinkers And No Brainers

Alone in classroom,
Working problems afterschool
-achieved honor roll.

Senator has fling,
Throws away wife and children
-argentine soulmate.

Man sitting on rock,
gazes both out and inward,
-rodin's masterpiece.

Thinker works problem,
Then falls asleep at her desk
-behold light comes.

Poet thinking hard,
Struggles for magnum opus
-totally futile.

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One Single Impression: Thinking

National Orgy

Esplanade fireworks,
celebrating liberty
-me me me me me.

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Meeting Of Poets

In City Hall,
Rhythmic reverberations
-dancing off the wall.

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Class Trip

Man's voice filled the room,
He ran through facts and details
-now can't remember.

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Crowning Papa

She took paper crown,
Placing gently on my head
-the teasure she found.

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To Keep And Forget

Moving day packing,
Sifting through each memory
-storing in boxes.

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Record Lost

Brought in record sales,
Was floating in vast blue sky
-boss said: clean up desk.

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Strangers Among Us

After the funeral,
I walked through the street alone,
-many strange faces.

When they were dating,
He was a prince, she said yes
-became a monster.

Joey meet Dennis,
Both were the new boys in town
-a lifelong friendship.

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One Single Impression: Strangers

Happy Birthday U.S.A.

For sweet liberty,
They signed their names on the pledge
-their sacred honor.

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The Young At Rock

Watching daughter dance,
Joy of moving to Blue Moo
-treasured happiness.

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(Blue Moo is a children's album by Sarah Boynton
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Murphy's Haiku #60

Ranger began tour,
Sun disappeared behind clouds
-torrential downpour.

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Dreaming The Poem

Poet sleeps on couch,
Has many wonderful dreams
-waiting on the muse.

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