Month: October 2023
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Musings on the Old Masters
The smooth-skinned cherubimspeak from a venerated canvastinged with azurite and vermilion,pondering the skies abovepromise blessed peace,a state we would not…
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Highways and Byways
Beyond the guardrail,narrow space cascades deepinto a rocky stream,strewn with crisp, fresh-fallen leaves.Across the chasm,so near to vision,unreachable by hand…
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5 Haiku
Morning Blooms Blossoming sunlight Morning mist, droplets dangle As petals unfold Nimbus Hidden Obscured by clouds Yet, the sun blesses…
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My Parents Took Me on a Cruise as a Child
& I spent eight days vomiting in the cabin,watched 48 hours of the TV show Houseon DVD. I can still…
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I Chose California for Medical School Because They Don’t Have Hurricanes
My air conditioner sounds like“rales”— the noise you hear in lungsfilled with fluid. The whole houseis in heart failure. One…
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Joy
Is joy just a momentwaiting to be found, to be recognizedbefore it flits off likethe undetectable wing of a hummingbird…
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Five Haiku
Wonderlanda wild rabbit disappearsthrough a hedgerow clouds part thencollidecontinental drift blue peaksthe irresistible urgeto jump cubiclesa devil’s ivysearches searches s …
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To Talk
She comes to talkbut not to talknot to have a conversation. She comes to tell me she is unhappyor rather,…