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  • Spring Break Premier

    Spring Break Premier

    Saturday, April 20, 2024: the first full day of my spring vacation. We’ve already shook our heads over StateFarm’s overpriced auto insurance bill. Our son dressed early for work, and he left with plenty of time. I helped Mira post to her website’s blog. Oh, yeah: I wrote some poetry of my own on mine.…

  • Midway

    Midway

    The United States was aware that the Japanese were planning an attack in the Pacific (on a location the Japanese code-named “AF”) because Navy cryptanalysts had begun breaking Japanese communication codes in early 1942. The attack location and time were confirmed when the American base at Midway sent out a false message that it was…

  • #Haiku (4/20/24)

    #Haiku (4/20/24)

    4/20/24: flute morning birdsong that Cotrane flute solo on “My Favorite Things” #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Psalm of the Hound of Heaven’s Prey

    Psalm of the Hound of Heaven’s Prey

    “Long have you hunted me. Long have I eluded you…” Or is that too strong for this dance we step to? The shivers up my spine. The moments of utter spaciousness, where I shrink almost to nothing before an enormous you That hunting feeling, as though you’re everywhere, and I have nowhere to run, nowhere…

  • #Haiku (4/19/24)

    #Haiku (4/19/24)

    4/19/24: bark blossom haze a lonely dog’s bark #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • Vernal Vision

    Vernal Vision

    cherry blossoms petals afloat on the wind fall to the ground like they never happened petals afloat on the wind how the crows fly like they never happened this moonrise how the crows fly fall to the ground this moonrise cherry blossoms spring fever savoring every minute over at dVerse, Merril pubtends a MTB that…

  • #Haiku (4/18/24)

    #Haiku (4/18/24)

    4/18/24: day moon Spring gust behind rain clouds day moon #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

  • “Yet Again…”

    “Yet Again…”

    Another rapid-fire robin song this early evening. Another tussle atop the branches of the blooming cherry tree. Another view of darkened blacktop and droplets atop car rooves. How many repetitions. Is enlightenment found in the acceptance of them? late spring azaleas yet again