Category Archives: Poetry

The Span

Posted on March 26, 2026 by sputterpub

From expectation to realityexists a space where worry might be sown,where stress can root and angst can come to be.The span is temporal and may be bridgedwith sturdy planks of equanimity.I’m learning to reduce projection now,and register result while earnestlyaccepting … Continue reading →

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Spider

Posted on March 25, 2026 by sputterpub

The toughest type of solitaire I playI often start six times before I’m done.But sometimes I undo, and that’s the wayI chose to go this morning. Was it fun?Perhaps that’s not the word for it today,but I declined to back … Continue reading →

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Endorsed

Posted on March 24, 2026 by sputterpub

We know a little rain (or more) will fallin every life. An adage tells us so.Experience confirms it for us all,but looking over 40 years will showfar less of pain and grief for some I knowthan many. One got cancer. … Continue reading →

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Adulation

Posted on March 23, 2026 by sputterpub

I cannot comprehend celebrity.Oh, I get heroes, who prioritizetheir ethics over self, humanitybefore success, but only feel surpriseat interest in one’s sexualityor clothes or how they really want their fries.To sing a song or act won’t rock my mind.But maybe … Continue reading →

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EucalyptusX

Posted on March 22, 2026 by sputterpub

The deck is daily dotted with these bloomsI don’t recall encountering before,inviting pollination, one assumes,that leads to seeds like Phillips screws galorethat injure unshod feet and clutter floor.I don’t know what the blossom falls suggest.I hope this doesn’t mean the … Continue reading →

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Walkabout

Posted on March 21, 2026 by sputterpub

Perambulating in the almost-springfor 60 minutes, I went south and west.I took a photograph of every thingthat caught my fancy. And the last was best.The street was bare of traffic, I’ll attest.I crossed it unmolested to a signthat wasn’t accurate … Continue reading →

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Full Frontal Fire Engines

Posted on March 20, 2026 by sputterpub

I heard the siren winding down behindme as I strode due west, and then came more.Ahead of me another whistle whined,as eastward-bound a second engine’s roarjoined up to fill the air. What met was kindof face-to-face, and from each truck … Continue reading →

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First Rose

Posted on March 19, 2026 by sputterpub

This year crocosmia assumes the placewhere iris stalked last spring. Perhaps it growsby pokeweed’s influence; there’s little spacefor other sprouts. And yet I spot a roseabloom above the boardwalk. I supposethat bush will bud from now through early fall.Its limbs … Continue reading →

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Watching a Fly Die

Posted on March 18, 2026 by sputterpub

The fly attempted an escape, I feel,by dashing to the window’s tempting light,but it will not be opened. The appealwas clear but not productive. Stuttered flightexhausted it, and felled it in my sight.I watched its final twitches on the floor.When … Continue reading →

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The October Plan

Posted on March 17, 2026 by sputterpub

October travel calls from months away.My first-born has her golden jubilee.I’m sponsoring a trip for us – I’ll paythe fares for where she’ll soon decide to be.It looks like London’s her first choice, to stayat least a week, with days … Continue reading →

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