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Sunday, March 13, 2011

AT OUR BEST - 6 am, SEPTEMBER 12, 2001

On Riverside Drive Brave men hurtle south on big red trucks flying flags. Workers cheer them hoarse and wave their hats. On the subway Just three men on a subway car - two burly hardhats gesture to the fearful cook in Muslim garb: Don't worry. You're okay with us. Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, March 12, 2011

"PURSUIT" OF HAPPINESS? A NOTE TO THOMAS JEFFERSON

Like shooting stars, true happiness (whatever that might be) is only seen from corner of your eye. Scan the night sky for Orion? They'e at the margins of your sight. Go after it direct, you miss it. It lives in what you do. You'll never find nor know it's there unless you're looking somewhere else,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, March 11, 2011

AT MOTHER'S KNEE

I know I learned a lot from her when I was small. You know, the really useful stuff that helps you get through toddlerhood alive and in one piece: go before we leave the house, play nice, don't bite, say thank you, sit up straight, blow your nose, don't squirm, and where's your other glove - advice... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, March 10, 2011

A HAIKU AND A GEM - piggyback poetry

Robert Frost found what March the tenth was looking for: spot-on metaphor! - A PATCH OF OLD SNOW There's a patch of old snow in a corner That I should have guessed Was a blow-away paper the rain Had brought to rest. It is speckled with grime as if Small print overspread it, The news of a day I've... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, March 8, 2011

haiku - THE AUTOMATED CARWASH

engulfs and sudses, thrashes, rinses, blows cars out, transformed in the sun. Sign in to see full entry.

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CHEMO REMEMBERED - a haiku

Blessedly, I don't. I was another man then. I have his picture. Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, March 7, 2011

SUMMER HOUSE - a haiku

Creaking screen door sticks halfway down then pops out free, rattling the while Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, March 6, 2011

THE FIREWORKS BEGIN - haiku

THUD - a pause propels way up - fire blossom blooms - then comes faroff "POP!" Sign in to see full entry.

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THE FIREWORKS BEGIN - haiku

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Saturday, March 5, 2011

I SETTLED IN THE DENTIST CHAIR

I settled in the dentist chair. His 'Seventies collection channeled Linda Ronstadt soon as I sat down - "You're no good, you're no good, you're no good, baby, you're no good." (I know, I know, I haven't flossed...) Just then through the blinds I saw a buzzard come and roost upon a tree branch just... Sign in to see full entry.

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