fragment from a handheld device #7

See how high it jumps:
the blood
before it dies away

oyster

(fragment from a handheld device)

these accretions

stronger than the rock

to which they bind

fragment from a handheld #4

how bright and quick

we burn

such brisance

autumn haiku

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mountain air.  pot lid rattles.

dull clock of axe on ironbark

we will be warm tonight.

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february poem -

ainagainr
inagainra
nagainrai
againrain
gainraina
ainrainag
inrainaga
nrainagai
rainagain



rain again



rain again



rain again

january haiku

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such wanting pulling

you towards me clouds gather

summer storms blue night

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gravel under foot

a cricket dies on my floor

we wish words were wings

.

there is red desert

there is a place beyond it

sweet rain falls soft there

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more freeform haiku

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your coin-operated hips

i have change in

my pocket

.

little spider

gives you something

to remember him by

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though the wind

soughs through the boughs

it cannot blow this away

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three short poems

.

walking once more

to the end of the pier

there is a fisher

with a crabpot

there is a plane

overhead

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walking and walking

throught the evening

towards a tower

"it's a navigation aid"

"it's a pirate's lookout"

we are in

perfect

agreement

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another dog

bounds along the beach

"that one's cute" you say

i pant a little

wonder

if you see

my tail wagging

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formal haiku

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clouds are like fishscales

pines are black against the sky

summerdawn Glenelg

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freeform haiku

making out on the beach

like teenagers

together coming undone

.

my body

speaks louder than i

i tell it hush

you tell me listen

.

feet walk one way

heart walks another

not stretched but grown

.

what continents we crossed

deserts and oceans below us

seen through small windows

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before coffee

brave little muddlehead

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