More August poems and photos

Door-side table, decorated for company

in a wobbly hand

her thank-you letters

83rd birthday

(my mom)

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neighboring lawns die

above the red-brick fence

bougainvillea

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                  My pitifully-blooming bougainvillea. Next year, I'll know to cut it 'way back.

from a pine needle

the raindrop shoots prisms

then falls

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thunderstorm brewing

early morning looking

like late evening

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predawn porch light

revealing both spider and web

in daylight, no trace

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early morning trip

sharing the road with the crows

and their breakfast

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Porch flag in the wind, August '18, Couchwood

spread by the winds

of midsummer

the dreaded thistle

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Yucca

bloom buds rising,

expanding in sunlight.

One day soon, they'll become three white

torches.

c 2018, PL d/b/a lovepat press, Benton AR USA