Tagged: morning
spring whistles with her
spring whistles with her
teeth at twenty minutes past
five, competing with
the clanging heat pipes waking
up early to keep us warm
.
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spring dances across
spring dances across
our fire escape, from one
corner to the next,
singing the notes of morning
song before the sun rises
.
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the first day of spring
the first day of spring
arrives, and winter has yet
to hand over the
keys – we spend the morning searching,
looking in all the wrong places
.
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friday morning stroll,
friday morning stroll,
with two carriages and maybe
six, seven dozen
horses and mounted guards, that’s
the way to do royalty
.
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the fig tree is ripe
the fig tree is ripe
with robins this morning, knocking
off heavy fruit to
pick at across the lawn as
we wait for the main event
.
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in the backyard this
in the backyard this
morning, four bucks, two does, one
fawn, finding home with
us, if only for a little
while, an unlikely family
.
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at the water’s edge,
at the water’s edge,
white rapids and silver wingspans –
morning departures
.
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at four fifty-six
at four fifty-six
a.m., the sparrow starts its
daily chirps, calling
us away from sleep, we are all
the planet’s uninvited guests
.
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the cat makes its round
the cat makes its round
every morning, under the
watchful eye of half
a dozen squirrels, two local
chipmunks, and this spring’s wren brood
.
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six-forty-five and
six-forty-five and
snoring – you are like clockwork, a
rude awakening
.
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