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Category Archive: Summer

01 Sep

It’s over and done / September here, August gone / a Summer bummer.

2012/09/01 at 11:11 am 1 Comment
30 Aug

Staring vacantly / vacation recovery / need a vacation.

2012/08/30 at 11:11 am 1 Comment
26 Aug

A dark and damp day / gloomy and yet easier / to focus on work.

Twoku: Dark damp day / gloomy but better / for working.
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24 Aug

The big spruce / wrapped a cloud around / its shoulders.

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19 Aug

Dawn kissed the morning / publicly, for all to see / until it blushed pink.

Twoku: Dawn kissed sky / for all to see ’til / it blushed pink.
2012/08/19 at 12:56 pm 1 Comment
18 Aug

An untended field / beckons from beyond a gate / in silo’s shadow.

Twoku: Sunlit field / beckons from beyond / the shadow.
2012/08/18 at 12:49 pm 2 Comments
17 Aug

Free manure offered / I’m tempted, but luckily / forgot my shovel.

Twoku: Free manure / tempted, but forgot / my shovel.
2012/08/17 at 10:19 am 1 Comment
16 Aug

Nearing end / the wrinkled basil / is sweeter.

Changed from “…tastes sweeter” to “…is sweeter.” Original: Nearing end / the wrinkled basil / tastes sweeter.
2012/08/16 at 6:11 am Leave a comment
12 Aug

Wild asparagus / allowed to grow, gone to seed / full of next year’s crop.

Twoku: Running wild / seed asparagus / next year’s crop.
2012/08/12 at 11:11 am Leave a comment
11 Aug

Painted roadside cart / a place to buy and honor / fresh picked veg’tables.

Twoku: Roadside cart / fresh produce to buy / with honor.
2012/08/11 at 11:11 am Leave a comment
10 Aug

The Buddha / turning green but not / with envy.

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05 Aug

Tiny bird / resting on barbed wire / the field’s edge.

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04 Aug

Red rose glows / glistens in gloom, waits / for the storm.

Twoku: Red rose glows / glistening in gloom / as rain comes.
2012/08/04 at 11:11 am Leave a comment
02 Aug

Damp dawning / Earth drinks, sun breaks / clouds scatter.

Twoku: The day dawns damply / Earth drinks again, then sun breaks / through and scatters clouds.
2012/08/02 at 11:11 am Leave a comment
01 Aug

Flower blows / trumpet at the storm / unafraid.

2012/08/01 at 11:11 am 1 Comment
31 Jul

Flower collapses / upon itself at dusk, waits / for sun’s bright return.

Twoku: Flower closed / at dusk, awaiting / sun’s return.
2012/07/31 at 11:11 am Leave a comment
27 Jul

Stump sits in clearing / lit by light never allowed / when it had branches.

Twoku: Stump in clearing lit / by light it never gave leave / to pass its branches. Honestly, I love this second version – the “twoku” for this one –…
2012/07/27 at 11:11 am 2 Comments
25 Jul

Worm, why did you leave / the sanctuary of dirt / for a sun-baked rock?

Twoku: Worm, why leave / dirt sanctuary / for hot rock?
2012/07/25 at 11:11 am 2 Comments
12 Jul

Windows left open / overnight my car became / playground for spiders.

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11 Jul

Flowers gone / stems, stalks still standing / purposeless.

Twoku: Lilies left / the stems bare, bereft / crestfallen. Threeku: Lilies gone / startled stems standing / left alone. Fourku: Day lilies / flowers now fallen / had their…
2012/07/11 at 11:11 am 2 Comments