LEAVING JANUARY BEHIND - POEMS

forest brouhaha
wishing to understand crow
so I could eavesdrop
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freeway standstill
truck driver and her son
playing in the snow
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a nest of swallows
holding up the Interstate
highway repairs
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drizzly morning
a lone yellow pear
in the darkness
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a mild January
three flecks of white
on the spirea
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January's end
the 100-foot Christmas tree
losing its light

NEW in 2018 - poems & pics

A Dragon fruit appeared in a fruit bowl, thanks to Billy

January 20

MID-JANUARY CLOUDS

First day

in many that

the birdbath water's not

frozen But where are the birds this

morning?

At two,

the birds appeared.

My, my! They must have slept

longer than I did. The snow's gone,

hooray!

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FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

One-year

festivities

for the president spoiled

by a Congress stalemate causes

shutdown.

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January 18

The sun's

melting snow from

roofs, but the freezing temp

turns the thaw into icicles

on eaves.

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Robin

standing on ice

drinks from a sun-thawed patch

in the birdbath. Temp rising by

mid-day.

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January 16

"15

degrees; feels like

three," the online weather

proclaims. In this old house, the temp's

50!

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January 15

Six sips

before flying,

the mockingbird looks for

food during the warm spell before

the snow.

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January 13

WHAT A BURDEN

wearing

a 3-pound crown

precludes Her Majesty

from looking down while orating:

it'd fall!

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CHINA'S . . .

effort

to regulate

spiritual life of

its folk by razing two Christian

churches.

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c 2018, PL, dba lovepat press, Benton AR

Mid-January Impressions: poems

Brrrr!

sudden "to do"

at the window screen

could it have been birds?

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squares of the trellis

reappear

with the sun

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she left Nebraska

to get away from the cold

here, 7 degrees

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blue pansy appears

from its snow cover--

the widow's porch light

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"frost moon"

two haiku with this phrase

I've never heard

Annamarie's pumpkins snowman

c 2018, PL dba lovepat press, Benton AR

Could be any new year: poems

1997 - from news articles & photos

children run away
Dad's seven-grand Harley leaves
no money for food
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Maryland
wipes plates clean
no Rebel flag tag
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on a small inlet
dozens of waders, some ducks
close look: duck decoys
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kiddy (mini) jet--
recruiter hand signals left
onto busy street
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1998 - actual

cat waiting

for the outside door

to be opened

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cat's urgent 'meows'

her food dish empty

while I'm eating lunch

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Living in Arkadelphia, early 2000s

ice storm displacement

boy and calico catching

a few extra Zs

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petitioning the board

to let him become

a cheerleader

(Dan Gathright, Arkadelphia)

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c 2018, PL, dba lovepat press, Benton AR