Spring: rain, birds --poems

Watching

the cardinal

casing the area

around the suet feeder. He

flies in.

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After

the ramp's laid,

I widen the flower

bed to include adjacent lawn,

dig grass.

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the old woman

wearing socks

with sandals

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rain from the roofline

escaping

into the cellar

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Easter Monday

both our mailbox flags

are up

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a silent rain

droplets in the birdbath

the only clue

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                                                                   photo-C. Hoggard

untended

the leggy but leafing

hydrangea

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