Category Archives: Neighborhood

Trumpets

Posted on July 1, 2023 by sputterpub

Heralding summerthe blossoms trumpet southwardto the morning light

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Density

Posted on June 18, 2023 by sputterpub

Until a day ago, my view was brickoutside my office shed. For 16 yearsI looked at blocks and mortar inches thickwhen typing at my keyboard. What appearstoday is temporary, planks of wood,for some landowner in the neighborhoodis tearing down to … Continue reading →

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Dogwood

Posted on June 13, 2023 by sputterpub

Asserting dogwoods don’t grow locally(he said they need a winter freeze to bloom),I countered with how many I can seearound my neighborhood. I don’t presumeto knowledge (though my cranium has roomfor more, I’ll never be a botanist),but now my walks … Continue reading →

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The Disconnect

Posted on June 11, 2023 by sputterpub

There seems to be substantial disconnectbetween the news and my experience.Reports on screen will lead one to expectrude violence amounting to immense.The smash-and-grabs, the muggings, all the gunsnow commonplace, group looting, road rage, morethey say is rife, while panic phrasing … Continue reading →

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Laggard

Posted on May 21, 2023 by sputterpub

Regardless of the local temperature,no matter what the calendar declares,I’ve learned we’re fully into Spring, for sure,when this tree buds to leaf. Its twiggy hairsdon’t feather while each other tree preparesto start to eat the sunshine, air, and dirt.On College … Continue reading →

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Roadside Rhododendra

Posted on May 17, 2023 by sputterpub

Asleep all Winter,they Spring to beauty, and beesbrew toxic honey.

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Morning Sights While Walking

Posted on May 5, 2023 by sputterpub

The first remarkable: an ailing mouse,mid-sidewalk, all a-twitch, a grounding sight;then doors with labels at the firehouse,read Medic, Truck, and Engine, left to right;and third I saw the shoes, 6 pair, uprightamid the weeds adjacent to the street.Such were the … Continue reading →

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Police Action

Posted on April 22, 2023 by sputterpub

Returning from the city, I detrainin downtown Berkeley, Wednesday, 8 at night.Emerging, no one waiting can explainwhy half of Shattuck’s blocked, and every lightwe see is from patrol cars angled rightand left across from us. There’s nothing dreador obvious. I … Continue reading →

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Deception

Posted on April 21, 2023 by sputterpub

I comprehend our planet’s sick, but hereand now appearances are all benign.The gardens bloom, the sky is blue and clear,the drivers and pedestrians alignin local courtesy. It’s hard to fearcatastrophe when every view is fine.Shipped fruit and radiation rot within … Continue reading →

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Paschal Plants

Posted on April 10, 2023 by sputterpub

I note each year how Easter coincideswith Passover, for both are lunar-based.They’re paschal holidays without dividesbetween solemnity and joy, embracedwith feasts of food and tables flower-graced.I gather irises and lilies nowin photographs – with stalks my walks are faced –receiving … Continue reading →

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