Tag: thirteen blackbirds
member name: Anne B. Grote
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October 30, 2007 10:41 AM EDT --
On the roadway
an old quince remains
round, oozing in its sourness.
No longer the golden apple
of its heyday, it has been trampled,
its essence strained,
its seeds cracked. . . .
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February 28, 2008 10:49 PM EST --
February's snow fell gently
praising the green verdancy
of the holly on the side of the house.
Snow did not fall with the diligent message
of the unexpected power of nature, nor did . . .
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May 11, 2008 12:29 PM EDT --
Amid the sweetest smell of viburnum
and a multitude of orchids, orchids
that emerged from bark, orchids coming
to light from moist moss
I become aware of her hands. . . .
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November 11, 2006 11:23 AM EST --
Across the yard in early Autumn
On this Veterans' Day
A thousand blackbirds, at least
Swarm like a volcanic cloud
Across the sky into the yard,
Perching in the trees, on land,
In . . .
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December 06, 2007 07:21 PM EST --
It was just a short while ago
we visited the river town
down by the Delaware
on our way to the lake.
"Not much going on here,"
I said to my husband while
gazing out the window . . .
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January 21, 2008 01:55 PM EST --
We all wished her well
and, everyone agreed
we'd do all we could
to help her:
the baby skunk caught in
the window well.
She'd been dubbed a "she"
because . . .
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May 05, 2008 12:14 AM EDT --
My girlfriend and I walk every morning
and on Friday we visit the local cemetery
in all its beauty, its serenity, its mystery.
There are deer that gather there:
among the tombstones, the benches, . . .
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March 17, 2008 12:50 PM EDT --
The Irish man has a natural smile,
a lilt in his voice
weathered freckled hands
and a fine lookin tweed cap
on his head.
The Irish man can build a
wall of mortarless stone . . .
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