early September
near the courts, a tennis ball
in poison ivy
a patch of yellow - 2005
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Labor Day
sweeping the dust from one place
to another
just before dawn - 2006
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having the most fun
ever at a football game
junior band student
a crisp brown leaf - 2015
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Summer
trudges on, its
heat softened this year. Kids
have returned to school. Football is
on us . . . (from ADG editorial, '02)
September Cinquains - 2018
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Trying
to wipe the stem
off a pear on the mug,
thinking it leaf litter, perhaps
a bug.
September Cinquains - 2020
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opening
before my eyes--
pot of purslane blooms
fishing off the dock - 2021
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