Tagged: morning
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
.
20221007:2158 CEST
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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
.
20220813:1620
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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
.
20220807:2014
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at the water’s edge,
at the water’s edge,
white rapids and silver wingspans –
morning departures
.
20220616:2014
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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
.
20220614:2042
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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
.
20220515:1850
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six-forty-five and
six-forty-five and
snoring – you are like clockwork, a
rude awakening
.
20220501:0737
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between the old man
between the old man
snoring and the younger man
pacing the wooden
floorboards from above, we learn to
coexist, one night at a time
.
20220215:0545
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our neighbor who gets
our neighbor who gets
up at four a.m. to take
calls with a global
workforce is most likely a
baritone, reaching for our sleep
.
20220215:0511
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tucked into this
tucked into this
morning’s fresh
snow,
something newly
beautiful,
fleeing
.
20220213:2018
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