Moths
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When the moths no longer welcome me home
I know that winter is soon on the way
It’s sad to slip past the porch light alone
No night flying lovelies amidst the glow
Acknowledging the end of the work day
Tawny and buff with stripes of color for show
They are as compelling as the night sky
Hiding among ridges of bark by day
Emerging at night to dance as they fly
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(A Nocturna Poem)
Juniper
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My hen became a rooster over night
She’s missing the cock to her doodle do
About her transition I had no clue
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She crows now, no eggs now, but she’s alright
The other hens unmoved by this breakthrough
My hen became a rooster overnight
She’s missing the cock for her doodle do
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Her morning crows are welcomed with delight
I simply love this chicken through and through
To her own self she has remained true
My hen became a rooster over night
She’s missing the cock for her doodle do
About her transition I had no clue
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(A Madrigal Poem)
Emerson
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It was a year ago today
I said goodbye to you
Dear cat
I just didn’t know what to say
Somehow I think you knew
Smart cat
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Your spunky presence filled the room
And filled my heart as well
Unique
The fifteen years ended too soon
So hard to say farewell
Tears streak
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(A Memento Poem)
Happiness Is
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Happiness is a sunny beach
Far from the summer’s white hot reach
Happiness is a muddy trail
With only boulders for guardrail
Tell me what’s wrong with gray skies
Nature’s all lovely in my eyes
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Happiness is a rainy day
Liquid music tapping away
Happiness is the thundersnow
Ominous green skies all aglow
What’s wrong with an obscured sunrise
Nature’s all lovely in my eyes
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Happiness is limbs dark and stark
Admiring the subtle bark
Happy is getting to explore
With the loving man I adore
Luckily I’ve come to realize
Nature’s all lovely in our eyes.
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Where water meets rock
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Resting beside rocks and water thought digesting
Digesting today’s news, aching muscles resting
Peace comes to me where the cold creek waters release
Release all stresses into the burbling peace
Seeking calm but getting a perspective tweaking
Tweaking expectations, transformation seeking
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(A Mirrored Sestet)
Hearts-A-Burstin’
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Vulnerable core suddenly exposed
Simply amazing how little it takes
When your heart breaks is it the sad that leaves?
Does the happy spill out when your heart breaks?
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Does bursting with happiness feel the same
As breaking with sorrow when the heart grieves?
Does the happy spill out when your heart breaks?
When your heart breaks is it the sad that leaves?
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Just how can a person know the difference
Between happy pains and the anguished aches?
When your heart breaks is it the sad that leaves?
Does the happy spill out when your heart breaks?
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(A Mirrored Refrain)
Better Prepare
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Red and golden leaves clatter to the ground
There’s a crisp clear freshness in the air
Acorns and black walnuts drop all around
Winter is coming! We have to prepare!
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Gray squirrels sprint without a minute to spare
Tan sycamore fluff falls without sound
Migrating birds have stripped fruiting plants bare
How quickly the seasons change does astound
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Winter food buried in earthen mounds
Tree nuts planted in every open square
Wildlife shows us sustenance abounds
Winter is coming! We have to prepare!
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(A Quandrel Poem)
Stone Seeds
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The acorns soundly lie
Beneath oak trees sky high
Too large to yield to whims of squirrels
Will never multiply
While others sprout nearby
From stone seeds only silence unfurls.
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The Pokeweed
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Birds denude
Dark purple fruit for food
Around here they call it inkberry
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Derided by many as unnecessary
Removal from the landscape is customary
Diligent birds replant it by seed
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Can be messy indeed
The Pokeweed
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Playlist or Instruction Manual?
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La Roux wants to be bulletproof
Next time, the hardships will bounce off
I hear
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Trading her scarred heart for armor
Is how Miranda will get by
I hear
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They aren’t, the deep bass of Gomez
Cautions
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I will emancipate myself
From this mental slavery, true to
Jimi
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I’ll be a sinner and a saint
Meredith says don’t be ashamed
I won’t
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P!nk instructs to change the voices
In my head, to like me instead
I will
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Antebellum says the compass
Musgraves says the arrow, I will
Follow
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Tom Petty has me far from my
Troubles and worries, I belong
I’m free
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A Picture and a Poem 