Cluttering
A street the morning after rain, northern Arizona
cluttering
the wayside puddle
a cloudbank
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Meadow
Dead mullein stalks, poking out of snow, northern New Mexico
first rooster crowing
yet still the mountain meadow
remains unperturbed
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Enough
when you’ve had enough
calculating just how much
a lawyer will cost
~~ ~~ ~~
the neighbor next door
envious of his good looks
and his deep pockets
~~ ~~ ~~
seven years later
still cleaning up his act from
his messy divorce
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Piping
Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
how barren places
piping a thin green music
restore thirsty souls
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Shopping
Shopping in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, México
From the mercado
she carries in her basket
daily bread and light.
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Happiness
Abandoned irrigation ditch at sunset, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
happiness
in walking alone
at day’s end
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Whirling for Good or Ill
~~ 1 ~~
her passport photo
veins bulging in her forehead
from the night before
~~ 2 ~~
ocean on the floor
the toddler’s howl of dismay
as she spills her milk
~~ 3 ~~
tangled old orchard
filling her with fear and dread—
the fruitless plum trees
~~ 4 ~~
a secret language
spoken only by bruised flesh
women understand
~~ 5 ~~
a silver whistle—
the weight of it in my hand
greater than my life
~~ 6 ~~
in the stone circle
waiting to welcome the moon—
the owl calls my name
~~ 7 ~~
empty begging bowl
not a single grain of rice
gracing the bottom
~~ 8 ~~
on a blue table
bouquet of yellow roses
dropping their petals
~~ 9 ~~
ghost of a corn stalk
blasted by hot winds and drought—
this crop of ruin
~~ 10 ~~
smashing a spider
with a granite paperweight—
the terrified child
~~ 11 ~~
names of the war dead
chiseled in a granite wall
stray dog lifts his leg
~~ 12 ~~
old haiku poet
sadness drifting through her words
still she dips her pen
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Companions
Brittlebush leaves at twilight Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
the brittlebush leaves
gathering light to themselves
my sole companions
~~ ~~ ~~
The best companions are in nature.
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Longing
Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
Kentucky farmer
longing to plant an orchard
in the wilderness
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House
Sunrise glimpsed through the branches of an ironwood tree, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
the way to my house
bestrewn with thorns and sorrows—
crow on the mountain
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