Monthly Archives: June 2009

6.28.09

The sun rests
just inches above
the scorched grass.

This entry was posted in summer and tagged on June 28th, 2009.
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6.26.09

air shimmers
above soft asphalt
stealing breath

This entry was posted in summer on June 26th, 2009.
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6.25.09

Thermometer in
shade reads one hundred and five—
the birds are panting.

Fly slower
to stay cool?

Or just don’t move?

This entry was posted in summer on June 25th, 2009.
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6.18.09

Summer’s heat immobilizes
everything save the weeds
across the field and
one mockingbird singing
like he doesn’t really mean it.

This entry was posted in spring and tagged , on June 18th, 2009.
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6.18.09

The hailstorm mulches
my garden with broken glass
and next autumn’s leaves.

This entry was posted in spring and tagged on June 18th, 2009.
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6.17.09

Hail ripped the trees bare;
now, winter-bright sunlight falls
disconcertingly from summer’s
corner of the sky.

This entry was posted in spring and tagged on June 17th, 2009.
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6.12.09

after the hail,
nothing but naked sticks
in the planters

This entry was posted in spring on June 12th, 2009.
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6.12.09

Three o’clock,
Texas summer day,
100 degrees—
Grackles & vultures.

This entry was posted in spring and tagged , , on June 12th, 2009.
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6.03.09

Three scissor-tails fight
and harass a fleeing hawk—
almost crash my car.

This entry was posted in spring and tagged , , on June 3rd, 2009.
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6.02.09

Across the pond, two
whistling ducks inspect the shore,
poking at the weeds.

This entry was posted in spring and tagged on June 2nd, 2009.
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