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Poems of Life and Death – 23

Saturday Morning Haiku

Camouflaged by branch
A tiny brown bird flickers!
Gives life to the day.

Cats cannot write poems.
Run jump eat sleep leap meow bite—
OK, cats can write.

I track in some snow.
Other world phenomenon:
A glimpse for the cat.

The bird is gone now.
Safely to another tree.
Thanks for visiting.

Posted byRiverApril 3, 2021Posted inLife and Death, PoemsLeave a comment on Poems of Life and Death – 23

Poems of Life and Death – 22

Sharp

An avalanche of needles
Descends the mountainside
As a forest of pine
Toward a boundary,
A bridge we cross
In the water’s soft reflection
Of pale bluegreen gloss.

Posted byRiverApril 2, 2021April 2, 2021Posted inLife and Death, PoemsLeave a comment on Poems of Life and Death – 22

Poems of Life and Death – 21

Probability

Sometimes
Snow is only snow.
Falls from high to low,
Fast and slow,
Melts to ugly puddles
In time’s sludgy flow.
Or, see its frequency,
Its angle, its sequence tree
Of countless impacts,
Its search of land
For chance
Of beauty.

Posted byRiverApril 1, 2021Posted inLife and Death, PoemsLeave a comment on Poems of Life and Death – 21

Poems of Life and Death – 20

The Watering Can

I’m late.
You’re starting to wilt
In my desert of guilt.
Still, you wait.
I pour this imitation of the rain:
An ample life, a fate.

Posted byRiverMarch 31, 2021Posted inLife and Death, PoemsLeave a comment on Poems of Life and Death – 20

Poems of Life and Death – 19

Camouflage

I am a dog
Running through the melty streets.
I care not about my soggy feet.
Let us play to start the day!
See my misty breath?
Nothing stops this doggy’s heft,
But when you’re gone, I am bereft.
(See a dog today, running free?
It’s me.)

Posted byRiverMarch 30, 2021March 30, 2021Posted inLife and Death, PoemsLeave a comment on Poems of Life and Death – 19

Poems of Life and Death – 18

Happy Birthday

The world is your birthday cake.
The shape is elliptical,
Its flavor is mystical,
Served on a tectonic plate.
In icing from the exosphere
The planet’s flora
The color of aurora
Deck the journey of a year.


Posted byRiverMarch 29, 2021March 30, 2021Posted inLife and Death, Poems1 Comment on Poems of Life and Death – 18

Poems of Life and Death – 17

House

The mountains hold the house of sun.
Crests of white and blue connect
An outline of the architect
Along their mortal run.

Posted byRiverMarch 28, 2021March 30, 2021Posted inLife and Death, PoemsLeave a comment on Poems of Life and Death – 17

Poems of Life and Death – 16

Starship

Snowfall charts the filament
In nebulae of spruce,
Gravity’s instruments
Declassify the truth:
This atmosphere of green and white
Changes at the speed of light,
Warps the world through fields of gold.
A galaxy. Majesty. Behold.

Posted byRiverMarch 27, 2021March 30, 2021Posted inLife and Death, Poems1 Comment on Poems of Life and Death – 16

Poems of Life and Death – 15

Construction

Neon orange and yellow equipment
Plastic, cones, rebar, fences
Delivery vans with mystery shipments
Hopping ravens in various tenses
Streetlights wrapped in LEDs
Tired machines, hydraulic dreams
Erase themselves a monument.
The forest looms an unseeable green.

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Poems of Life and Death – 14

I strike the match.

Dressed for St. Peter’s,
I stand in the Colosseum,
Obedient to camera’s command.
The world selects a fate.
“LION!”

Posted byRiverMarch 25, 2021March 30, 2021Posted inLife and Death, PoemsLeave a comment on Poems of Life and Death – 14

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