BEGINNER BAND CONCERT
Driving
100 miles
just to hear his grandson
play the trumpet for 11
minutes.
-- September Cinquains, 2003
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bookstore window
in the university town
Latin Can Be Fun
--from A Patch of Yellow, 2005
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MIKU (minimalist haiku)
butterfly
dropping
into salvia bed
from just before dawn, 2006
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teaching
her friends' grandchildren
Sunday School songs
from a lamp to work by, 2012
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early September
the last red leaf falls
fom the poinsettia
from a crisp brown leaf, 2015
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ON LABOR DAY
Ancient
stand of yucca
finally sprouts 3 bloom
stalks after I decide they are
barren.
from September Cinquains, 2018
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Living
in Florida
a prime example of
risky behavior: 3 cyclones
this month.
from September Cinquains, 2020
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flood's detritus: a
purple/yellow basketball
and empty birdcage
from fishing off the dock 2021
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bobbing
in the newly-formed lake
a neighborhood of roofs
from train whistles at night, 2022
c 2022, Pat Laster dba lovepat press, Benton AR USA
