WINDMILL FARMS
How many will it take to keep this thing in the air
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GROUNDHOG DAY
GROUNDHOG DAY
While I feared my shadow
it was never spring
MORNING GRATITUDES
MORNING GRATITUDES
After my morning gratitudes
look out the window
to great flakes
softling to the ground
Always room for one more
WHAT ADAM AND EVE ALMOST LEARNED
WHAT ADAM AND EVE ALMOST LEARNED
Distracted by the first sweet taste of naked
they never got to the core
PERSPECTIVE
PERSPECTIVE
The ibis of OZ
has a very funny schnoz
Yet other ibises it seems
see long crooked noses in their dreams
HERMIT ENVY
HERMIT ENVY
The thing about being alone
is finding someone to lie to
about how good it feels
REINCARNATION BY LOON
REINCARNATION BY LOON
Now there’s a sound
you could take anywhere
and remember when you returned
TASTE
TASTE
The taste buds
of the young we are told
are more sensitive
than those of the old
While there is still pleasure
in a snowflake on the tongue
it is more difficult to tell of late
if they have six feet or eight
BACKYARD AUSTIN
BACKYARD AUSTIN
Limestone rings the pool
koi swim in an ancient sea
RED RANCH BARN
RED RANCH BARN
Look how swallows thread the sky
B.J. Buckley
Watching them swoop and loop
from the window of the loft again
would mend some tears in the years