Monday, July 13, 2009



fireworks burst and
light up the sky
while petals explode
in the flower garden
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Sunday, July 12, 2009



Purple coneflowers again
they take my breath away!
every single summer
it's as though
I'm seeing them
for the very first time,
these old friends.
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Saturday, July 11, 2009



a baby blue jay
clinging to a magnolia
posing like a pro
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Friday, July 10, 2009



sometimes the things that most
pain me are tiny and barely noticed by most,
grey nuanced subtleties and prickles,
rather than splashy, full-blown atrocities

I think I respect a shouted I hate you
more than a whispered I know what's best
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Thursday, July 09, 2009



Black-eyed Susans?
Really? Why not
Brown-eyed Donnas?

(Life is so unfair.)

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Monday, July 06, 2009



prehistoric posies, all silver and spikey
conjure my imagination and I search for
bitty dinosaurs under the leaves
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Friday, July 03, 2009



I spent the day trying to catch hummingbirds
and the night trying to catch my breath.
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Wednesday, July 01, 2009



"Crocosmia Lucifer"

I had never met one before today!
How could something so wonderous
be named so poorly???
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