into a second life    growing to emerge again          an embryo floats closer to the earth    a person can see clearly          leaning on a cane with a broken wing    leaving feathers behind her          an eagle soaring a surfer watches    riding the curl of a wave          a breaching whale zooms toward the sun    a skier changes her [...]

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A Haiku Sequence chocolate delights— the sweet taste of your lips lingers all night this Valentine’s eve I’ll have no other sweets— the day is long an east wind blows the nectar of your scent fills my being my eyes overflow with your dark beauty Spring dream Ecstasy— cherry blossoms, you and chocolate Copyright © [...]

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Every time I search For my lost keys I think of you. In my coat, at the bottom of a purse, in a messy drawer hiding underneath the bed, in a shoe, in my left shirt pocket. A place I would look to retrieve something hidden in my memory that I still need to get [...]

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