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Haiku: The Wordless Poem

Chipmunk by Gilles Gonthier                   for sale a sparrow slips into the attic trailing toilet paper   watching fireworks from the car chickenpox   screen door song of the birds cry of the cat...

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Bedtime

                      Bedtime Every night my lizard slithers Down from his plastic tree. He crawls in his log and rests His head and goes to bed like me. (c) 2013, Elizabeth Steinglass, all rights...

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Two Original Limericks

                There once was a girl who loved trees. She swung from their limbs with great ease. When asked to come in, The girl made a grin, Then hung upside down by her knees.   My mother once...

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Rest in Peace, My Guinea Pig

                      Rest in Peace, My Guinea Pig She didn’t squeak hello when I came in the room. She didn’t twitch her nose at my carrot. Her small furry body didn’t rise or fall. She didn’t hear...

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Apology

                  Dear Officer, I apologize. I know I was going slow. I was stunned by the morning sun shining a perfect spotlight on the small maple in the clearing, so proud in her new red dress....

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Song and Dance

                          Song and Dance   Dear Miss, she seems to say with her gentle mews. Dear Miss, she croons, as she slips through my legs, skimming my ankles with her silken fur. Dear Miss, she...

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Message on a Log

                      Message on a Log Someone’s left a message here, a swirling, curling missive, clear in the flesh of this log. They’ve stripped away the gnarled bark. They’ve used a blade to leave...

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Garden Thieves

                            Garden Thieves They come in the night when I can’t see. I know they do. They leave clues for me: Hyacinth crumbs, ragged leaves. Evidence of garden thieves. Small round...

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Robin’s Song

American Robin from wikipediaby Dakota Lynch               Robin’s Song Cheer-i-ly! Cheer-i-ly! Cheer-i-ly! Hear me sing? To the sky? From the tree? Every day, I greet the sun. Every day, skipping...

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Beach Magician

                    Beach Magician With nothing up his sleeve but a brainless foot, this mundane clam does the ultimate trick: tipping his jelly bean shell on end, he disappears into the sand.   We...

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Dog Love

Photo of Sophie by Susan Pittman     Dog Love When the hurts pile up and I can’t hold them all, I retreat to my room where the tears start to fall. There she finds me alone, jumbled up in my bed, and...

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Bedtime

                      Bedtime Every night my lizard slithers Down from his plastic tree. He crawls in his log and rests His head and goes to bed like me. (c) 2013, Elizabeth Steinglass, all rights...

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Two Original Limericks

                There once was a girl who loved trees. She swung from their limbs with great ease. When asked to come in, The girl made a grin, Then hung upside down by her knees.   My mother once...

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Rest in Peace, My Guinea Pig

                      Rest in Peace, My Guinea Pig She didn’t squeak hello when I came in the room. She didn’t twitch her nose at my carrot. Her small furry body didn’t rise or fall. She didn’t hear...

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Apology

                  Dear Officer, I apologize. I know I was going slow. I was stunned by the morning sun shining a perfect spotlight on the small maple in the clearing, so proud in her new red dress....

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Song and Dance

                          Song and Dance   Dear Miss, she seems to say with her gentle mews. Dear Miss, she croons, as she slips through my legs, skimming my ankles with her silken fur. Dear Miss, she...

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