Three Tiny Tales

1.
Picture an alley
where snow has changed the story—
waste into wonder!
 
2.
Winter lines her face
with names she can’t remember,
yet they give her grace.
 
3.
in a freezing room
a curtain for their blanket
happy to make love

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Delicate Letters

1.
My ribs are branches
on which invisible birds
perch on winter nights.
 
2.
Enter, acrobats!
Begin your parade through town,
though the north wind moans.
 
3.
I lower my eyes
when I see the light in yours,
Sister Winter Moon.

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Three Free-Wheeling Haiku

1.
In distress my heart
seems to turn into liquid—
bitter winter draught.
 
2.
Desperate for wings,
I’ll pay whatever they cost—
my new year’s desire.
 
3.
Cold-weather longing:
to see Paris glittering
while a freight train moans.

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Reclaim Life, Sip Tea!

1.
First tea of the year—
on the surface swims a swan,
singing to the moon.
 
2.
How lucky I am,
in the absence of a lake,
to have new year’s tea!
 
3.
O swan with hurt wings,
you won’t die, but be revived
by the year’s first tea.
 
4.
My mood? Indigo,
but only for a moment—
now, some new year’s tea!

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Ordinary Moments

1.
The bread remembers
when it was grain in the field—
autumn abundance.
 
2.
On my autumn walk
I found a breath the raven
left beside the path
 
3.
For smudging ourselves,
we gather some mountain sage—
November blessing.
 
4.
Autumn afternoon—
a story told by strangers
causes me to smile.

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Salt the Crows

Salt the crows, the sky, the stillness.
Salt the bush, the web, the stain.
Salt will beat back every illness—
See, your eyes no longer strain!
 
Salt your mouth in any weather,
Salt the subtle things, the true.
Careful with the salt, however,
For its grains are watching you!

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Seasonal Matters

1.
Above the sheepfold,
frost tore a hole in the sky—
stars tumbled to earth.
 
2.
There’s no time to think
about your dirty linens—
blizzard’s moving in.
 
3.
Wash the closet floor
now that all has been removed—
final spring cleaning.
 
4.
On clean white paper
I write some sunflower songs—
strangers will sing them.

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Looking toward Summer’s End

1.
Ripening pumpkins
and drooping sunflower heads—
summer’s almost past.
 
2.
Scorching afternoon—
in labyrinths and tunnels
tiny creatures hide.
 
3.
Sheltered from the heat,
we tied bundles of sweetgrass
for ceremonies.
 
4.
End-of-summer dream:
The galaxy inside me,
some unseen hands wove.

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Summer Quintet

1.
a white summer shawl
with a streak of grape jelly—
breakfast carelessness
 
2.
My neighbor’s children,
using a stump for a drum,
mark summer’s passing.
 
3.
a blur of bright wings
as the sated hummingbird
leaves the columbine
 
4.
Two crows chase a hawk
through the summer morning mist
above the river.
 
5.
Head for the deep pools
where the water is so cold
it makes you shiver.

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Four Seasons

1.
Summer border tale:
thirsty immigrants perish
in the sizzling sun.
 
2.
How eager I am
to see the return of fall—
look, the first red leaf!
 
3.
Hold me in your lap—
caress me, Lady Winter,
with your frigid hands.
 
4.
Lady Last-Spring-Frost,
fearful of your kiss, the plum
holds back its blossoms.

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