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Winter Sky

Posted on February 5, 2024 by sputterpub

The fact is, we don’t have a big sky here.The ocean ferries clouds and overcast,and though our air is generally clear,we don’t see starscapes like the prairies, grassedand landlocked. We are graced with atmosphereof moist and breezy, line-of-sight not vast.But … Continue reading →

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Not Noisome Now

Posted on January 7, 2024 by sputterpub

Last night I didn’t hear a ceiling sound.No thump or whimper moved me while I slept.There’s nothing musky in the air aroundme now, and nothing black & white has creptperipherally into sight. I foundno sign of skunks today to interceptmy … Continue reading →

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Tree Sweets

Posted on January 5, 2024 by sputterpub

Persimmons hang like orange Christmas spheresand tantalize this squirrel in the yard.She climbs and stretches so her chest appears,and bites the fruit that is no longer hardthe way it was two weeks ago. On guardand geared for predators, I take … Continue reading →

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Scourge Surge

Posted on January 3, 2024 by sputterpub

I’ve co-existed with the critters here –the garden is their home as much as mine –and wasn’t overbothered till this year,when building on my eastern boundary line,and now the north, has changed the biosphere.Too many skunks no longer seem benign.I’ll … Continue reading →

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Five Days of Peace

Posted on January 2, 2024 by sputterpub

For five days there was nothing on my list,and I leaned into leisure all I could,aboard my landboat sloop and comfort-kissed,admiring tile, glass, gas flames, and wood.Beginning at a luncheon with a goodold friend, I then embraced full solitude,and hunkered … Continue reading →

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Bracketing

Posted on December 23, 2023 by sputterpub

As when a high-rise building is allowedto stand above, behind, and at each sideof some historic storefront, there’s a crowdof new construction bordering my prideand joy, the haven where I love to bide.My cottage has existed 80 yearswithout a neighbor. … Continue reading →

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A Seasonal Tree

Posted on December 22, 2023 by sputterpub

The persimmons hangas ornaments from leaf-lostDecember branches.

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A Small Change

Posted on December 21, 2023 by sputterpub

The solitaire was challenging today.I should have stopped – I have a lot to do.But I indulged a stubborn drive to play,and that resulted in an altered viewof what and when desires I’d pursue.The sweet result was hours I enjoyed … Continue reading →

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More Walls

Posted on December 15, 2023 by sputterpub

No sooner does the eastern building rise,than framing to the north of me begins.At least this one will not assault my eyes –it happens that I’m windowless that way.I’m hopeful neighbor noise won’t agonize(the owners seek no tenants for the … Continue reading →

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Interruption

Posted on December 12, 2023 by sputterpub

I woke 10 minutes after 4 o’clockabruptly, out of nestled dreaming sleep,to one percussive slap or rap or knock,as if a creature begged to breach my keep.But outside my Dutch door latch and its lockno figure lurked. I toured my … Continue reading →

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