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Ocean City, Maryland Chronicle, Day 5: July 8, 2014: A #ThrowdownThursday #haibun featuring my latest from .@ImageCurve
breakfast outside a neighbor on his cellphone across the street Frankie’s last tears as we pull away from “home” The boat pulls away from the bayside dock. Our guide points out the history of Assateague Island’s origins (a 1933 storm broke it off the peninsula) and points out fishing vessels docked at West Ocean City,…
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Ocean City, Maryland Chronicle, Day 3: July 6, 2014: A #FreestyleFriday #Haibun featuring my latest from .@ImageCurve
Troubled by dreams. One, a last meeting with Christine. Awoke regretting that I missed the Last Voyage of Columbus. Missed seeing those friends one last time. All to save $100—and see my son and his friend enjoy Rye Playland. Another dream. Dad and Mom, stranger. An intervention in a parlor. White pastel, wicker furniture, floral…
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#ThrowdownThursday (7/26/18): My latest .@ImageCurve #haibun is up!
Ocean City, Maryland Chronicle, Day 4: July 7, 2014 Frankie and Mira slowly encase me in hot sand. The boobs and mermaid tail come after. Mira snaps at least three photos guaranteed to humiliate should she ever post them. July sun my breathing collapses his mermaid Lunch at “home.” Mira prepares a salad…
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Ocean City, Maryland Chronicle, Day 2: July 5, 2014: an .@ImageCurve #haibun
early rise first aroma of fresh-brewed coffee early beach arrival digging deep into loose sand to plant our umbrella the rattle of the chain reminds me to mind the wind searing sun roar of an incoming surf so cold to the touch step by step, his hand in mine until my face hits the sand…
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Summer Vacation ’14 Premier: an .@ImageCurve #haibun
A cardinal alights on a high branch of the Peach tree. Its weight bends the branch toward the thick ground cover. Robins, sparrows and jays mark their territory in the Maple canopy. Frankie and I eat breakfast on the deck, listening to iTunes alternative radio that plays through our Motorola speaker. Sunlight bathes the backyard…
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Vernal Inauguration: A #ThrowdownThursday #haibun featuring my latest from .@ImageCurve
The train rattles to the top of the hill. Two American flags stand like sentries at the apex. The stage, the other side of the park, the Long Island shoreline across the Sound all lie in sight for one fleeting moment. Then the train rushes down the first turn, accelerating. Next, it descends…
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Disgruntled Errand Run: a #FreestyleFriday .@ImageCurve #haibun
Three library books with me that I don’t intend to return. Three at home that I intended to return. Credit accrued and surrendered just to return a viola. Nearly $100 for two baseball mitts. A call for a test script that comes after I walk in the front door. And I disliked all…
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First Taste of Summer: My latest .@ImageCurve #haibun
The Torne Valley Vineyard occupies a former estate that overlooks the Ramapo River. It offers lunch and outdoor seating. We’ve tried to dine there since Father’s Day. Now, we sit at a table for six, just off the tented patio. The band Hip Replacements—whose members’ average age exemplifies the tongue-in-cheek name—play “California Dreaming.” Several…
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