Tagged: surprise

catching us off guard,

catching us off guard,
sweet yellow magnolias,
unlocking a mystery
.
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once in a blue moon,

once in a blue moon,
the bluebird finds a perch in
our backyard, and mom

whisper-shouts hurry, come see,
and he turns around to look
.
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the things you didn’t

the things you didn’t
grow up with will always surprise
you even years from

now – with wonder, still, the snow
falling and sticking, on repeat
.
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the moon is often

the moon is often
some kind of surprise – hung slightly
askew by the night

attendant, left to slowly
fade, then reappear elsewhere
.
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everyone’s running

everyone’s running
out of time –
the first of a brand
new year comes
a knocking,
surprising us all
.
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the first of may slides

the first of may slides
into april’s layers as if
it’d never snuck out
.
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there are surprises

there are surprises
that tuck themselves neatly into
sunday afternoons

as if they were always meant
to be, easy, reassuring
.
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we stop and look up

we stop and look up
at this street corner – a surprise
not to be surprised
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: surprised

it’s almost always

it’s almost always
a surprise, coming upon
fishermen, counting,

sorting, measuring, debating
over, waiting for their catch
.
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on the tip of your

on the tip of your
tongue are words you save up to
say, like a demure

posy, a surprise learning
to become so familiar
.
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