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Sestina a la Chat

2 • Day 772, 03:47 • Published in USA USA •

Sestina a la Chat

Early in the morning we greet the light.
The sun comes over the trees,
And dances upon the lake.
Later the back porch becomes warm,
And the favorite place for the cat.
The owl sleeps, and waits for dark.

By noon we are

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Snowflake

0 • Day 771, 04:15 • Published in USA USA •

Snowflake

Slowly snow sifted from the silent sky,
white and bright; the flight a pure slight delight.
One flake floating down caught my attention.
Through the maze of time
came the memory of a small child.
The flake, a tiny crystal jewel

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Victory Villanelle

0 • Day 770, 04:11 • Published in USA USA •

Victory Villanelle

When darkness falls, and life seems in disarray
Like when something first came to be.
Life is bright and will surely show the way.

When Order followed the new array
And the stars constructed from loose debris
When

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Old Memories

1 • Day 769, 03:58 • Published in USA USA •

Old Memories

My memories are like
broken glass, once gaudy bottles;
are now , in my minds' eye:
soft jewels on a blinding white beach.

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White Hunter

0 • Day 768, 03:25 • Published in USA USA •

White Hunter

I dreamed I was a safari hunter
In 1952 in Ethiopia.
When I was the pampered son
Of an Imperial Director.

I went from Amhara land
To those dry plains of the Gala,
And there, on the back of a van
I stood with a rifle.

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