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Entering the Forest
The crisp chill soothes my skin having been broiled in the sun during this long summer walk. I look up into an emerald sky and suddenly feel as if the trees were singing me a lullaby. Robins nest in my … Continue reading
A Very Early Christmas Morning Long Ago
The tinsel twinkles in the streetlight seeping through the predawn living room. I am awake, having stealthed down the steps to seek Santa’s surprises. With trembling hand, I ease the plug into the outlet and lights explode like jewels, revealing … Continue reading
So many trees, how could I not climb?
The leaves beckon me to reach higher taunting with whispery voices then I look down and can’t see the ground Clinging tight to the trunk until I hear the dinner bell and friends gather laughing from the grass It takes … Continue reading
Through the Window
Observing the teenage squirrels at play and titmice foraging among the leaves has convinced me. I’m moving out of my apartment and building a treehouse. Now that everything’s green, no one will notice a studio in the branches. I’ll leave … Continue reading
pure haiku
I’m proud to announce that one of my haiku has been published at pure haiku. This was part of their ekphrastic Three Trees series based on the image above by Elisa Ang. Many thanks to Freya for accepting my seventeen … Continue reading
Winter Solstice Sonnet 2023
I met a golden retriever on my walk. He couldn’t articulate it but he knew. I could tell by his wag and fluffed up fur, it’s the shortest day of the year. The chickadees know it. Their frantic upending of … Continue reading
The Cenotaph of Joyce Kilmer
The deer were startled as I cruised through Elmwood Cemetery in North Brunswick, New Jersey, though they were no more startled than I. Elmwood is a very urban cemetery and I did not expect to see five deer browsing the … Continue reading
All Sorts of Things Fall from Trees
Fledglings dropping into flightAbandoned nests on the groundGooey green walnuts that ooze sticky handsSpiky sweet gum balls that pierce bare feetPecans scooped for crackingdestined for syrupy pieMulberries pluckedfrom high branchesby eager childrenspoiling dinnerfingers stainedpurple swinginglong low limbsdown to Earth One … Continue reading
What a Tree Can Do
I drown my breakfast pancakes in syrup but the dog still wants more lapping up the sweet Outside our window a maple grows bright with pride blushing her stately beauty from green to orange to red Waving in the breeze … Continue reading
My Luscious Long Hair
It falls out in the autumn leaving me bald as a stump but by April, golden green buds are ready to blossom. Come summer my hair will be long, brushing the river’s edge, and a calm green to rival the … Continue reading
Bartholomew Barker, Poet 