through obscure glass

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Tempslibres / free times, July 2003
Memorial Day, Golden Swamp Warbler Press, 2005

Memorial Day
a layer of dust
covers his urn

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The Heron's Nest October 2002, vol 4:10
Mad Poets Review, vol. 17, 2002

Gettysburg –-
the children pause
to watch a dove

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THN Nov. 2002, vol 4:11
THN Valantine AWard Issue 2003, Special Mention
Mad Poets Review vol.17, 2002
Memorial Day, Golden Swamp Warbler Press, 2005

spring mist –-
a mallard paddles
through our stillborn's ashes

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THN 2003, Feb vol 5:2
Memorial Day, 2005, Golden Swamp Warbler Press

dawn
caught in a dewdrop –-
the empty swing


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THN, April 2003, vol. 5:4

July 4th —-
small talk over beer
with a redcoat

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THN, May 2003, vol 5:5

first light
I pretend to shave
my son’s lathered face

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THN, June 2003, vol 5:6

morning sun —-
fish scales glisten
in the otter scat

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THN nov 2003, vol 5:11

shooting star —-
father’s ring
slips off my finger

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THN Dec. 2003, vol. 5:12

Indian summer
a bee bounces around
in the beer can

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Hermitage, vol 1:1, 2004

the gleam
in a child's eyes--
starlings shift direction


cancer ward--
a get-well balloon
in the trash

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Shinzounokodou, Issue 1, April 2004

dawn
the glen
...widens

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Shinzounokodou, Issue 3, June 2004

first light...
slow to rise
a phoebie's tail
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South by Southeast, vol.11:1, 2004

first frost--
the curved mitten-leaf
of a sassafras

early May--
an oriole draws me
up the tree

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South by Southeast, vol.11:2, 2004

first warm day
her callous feet
welcome the clover

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THN Jan. 2004, vol. 6:1

waxwings
exchange rose hips
Christmas morning

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THN March 2004, vol 6:2

dreary day —
my neighbor takes down
the hummingbird feeder

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THN, May 2004, vol 6:4

first warm day
a hermit thrush
pumps its tail

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THN Aug 2004, vol 6:7
a procession of ripples, edited by Larylee Frazer


snap of a twig
the egret’s neck
extends

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THN Oct 2004, vol 6:9

Berlin Wall
a smooth stone
in my pocket

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THN Nov 2004, vol 6:10

Labor Day
the plowboy pauses
for a photo

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THN Dec 2004, vol 6:11

flapping from the pond
a V takes shape
twilight chill

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Walk The Same Path
HSA Member's Anthology, 2004

day moon--
the blue
in a dragonfly's wings

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Frogpond XXVII:1, 2004

summer haze--
a crow flaps free
of the ashpalt

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Loose Change, HSA Member's Anthology 2005

quiet pond
a stone turning
in my palm

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THN March 2005, vol 7:1

morning dew
I trace my son’s
lifeline

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THN June 2005 vol 7:2

first warm day
a wheat penny lands
heads up

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THN DEc 2005, vol 7:4

first warm day
the derelict’s
yellow tie

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White Lotus, Issue 2, spring/summer 2006
Reader's Chioce, White lotus, Issue 3, fall/winter 2006

hard frost--
not even a crow
breaks the silence

for E.S.Lamb

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White Lotus, Issue 2, spring/summer 2006

talk of devorce
two starlings
back to back

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Hermitage, vol.3:1, 2006

spring rain
a child's ashes
mix with clay

my stride
begins to slow...
chrysanthemum

harvest moon
chopsticks circle
the rice bowl

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THN June 2006, vol. 8:2

dreary day
a black walnut
gnawed white

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THN, Sept 2006, vol. 8:3
The Heron's Nest Award Issue, Special Mention

fishing
where my brother stood —
twilight chill

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THN, March 2007, vol 9:1

Indian summer
the road crew plays catch
with a hardhat

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THN, March 2008, vol 10:1

snowed in . . .
fire wraps
around a log

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THN, June 2008, Vol. 10:2

spring —
the pause before
she pulls a sapling

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THN, Sept. 2008, vol 10:3

steady drizzle
strand by strand
a robin’s nest

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THN, Dec. 2008, vol. 10:4

morning chill
a child’s shadow
moves thru mine


...and IMO Bill, WM. J. Higginson

starry night . . .
a worn phone number
in the handbook

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THN, Mar. 2009, vo. 11:1

hard frost
a dumpster's lid
slams shut

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Special Shiki toku kukai 2009 IMO WM.J.Higinson

first light--
a duck flaps out
of all the gold