Tag Archives: January

january 2011

1 world’s on the wayto ice tonightbut the river will not stand for it.cold as the city isin january, lightit sheds still dances on living water.snow tonight, snowtomorrow. river takes it in, flowsas every river flows to an oceanthat drinks … Continue reading

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on the river, January

an old gull makes the most of winterby walking on water as far asit will carry him frozen he believes he knows how far the ice goesand he will go no farther without flying he eyes living water the waya … Continue reading

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ten years on, a sign

A thousand birds fall out of Arkansas sky-BBC News, 2 January 2011 you don’t need Calchasto tell you a thousand blackbirdsdropping from the sky in Arkansasis bad news and it just makes matters worsewhen some talking head saysthey might have … Continue reading

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if you had wings

Masses of marigolds and celosiain separate pots on a concrete basearranged so you’d see a flagif you had wings wither after two weeks of heat and sun. Afterthe fact, a cadre of workers assemblesto deconstruct the whole, dumps one plant … Continue reading

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one

goose in January gray appearslost. Something in a crowd of themflying implies south sure as trees that bend into wind away from it. But a flock of onewandering iterated knows nothingmore than one gray Januarysouth looking.

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all clear

Thirteen sparrows doubled against Autumnchill displaced to January hunker downon two power lines to contemplate onehundred sixty nine ways of looking untilsomething scatters them. Two stand their ground onquivering wires, sentinels who willcall all clear when the time comes.

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