Tagged: surprise

the rhododendrons

the rhododendrons
in the courtyard do not make
any effort to

synchronize, preferring to
show up unannounced, fawned over
.
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spring catches us off

every now and then,

the first watch – when a

every other moon,

waiting for a glass

waiting for a glass
of freshly squeezed grapefruit juice
topped with a pinch of

salt is an unexpected
reflex, a pleasant surprise
.
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catching us off guard,

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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