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Birds

A haiku set on the chirruping little fellas.

(Fri Feb 1, 2008)

These Are The Earliest Days of Autumn

It begins just before the leaves change colour, while it is still hot.

(Wed Aug 15, 2007)

Surgery

(Tue Jul 10, 2007)

Mailbox Flinger Notion

This is an irregular complaint about having no mail.

(Mon Jan 10, 2005)

Chaucer's Horses

This is from my notebook. It is about a year old.

(Mon Aug 30, 2004)

Men in Blue

Two short poems, written in connection with the ALERT program.

(Sun Mar 28, 2004)

Advice to Young Ladies

How to tell the unintelligent from the insincere.

(Tue May 27, 2003)

The Church of Aalder

This took nine months to write.

(Sun Apr 27, 2003)

Curse of the Mosquito

Renaissance-style epithets and indictments. We have nothing good to say about mosquitoes.

(Tue Apr 22, 2003)

Soar

The big picture, as might be seen by the dying. Best read slowly & not more than twice at a sitting.

(Thu Mar 27, 2003)

A Different Breed of Farmer

Ten lines likening the builder to the agriculuralist.

(Fri Dec 27, 2002)

The Ride

This poem has a kind of hidden message, which originally had a purpose, & also explains the title. To my sister Elizabeth.

(Fri Oct 27, 2000)

When Even In the Dell Was Green

Strange role reversals from the animal kingdom.

(Tue Apr 27, 1999)