She curls around the
baby like a spiral shell
protecting its snail.
New mother
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Tag Archives: beauty
Harbinger of spring
An unexpected
crocus emerges, smiling
from a brown leaf pile.
Morning sun
Slanting through speckled
panes, turning cobwebs into
faerie gossamer.
Driving home at sunset
Hills like cut paper
black against tissue blue skies.
Through poked holes, stars shine.
Nearing seventeen
Unaware of her
beauty, unselfconsciousness
gives each movement grace.
High school play
Geeks transformed into
leading men stop hearts, but then
revert back next day.
For whom the bell tolls
From an estate sale –
pendulum clock. Westminster
chimes now count my days.
Empire State Building – in the elevator
Tourists whisked to the
top while on tenant floors, one
hears “shhhhhhsss” like secrets.
Empire State Building – at the base
Like a hick I tilt my
head to see the top and
ponder tossed pennies.
Morning in midtown Manhattan
In the skyscraper
canyons, light outlines moving
shapes sipping Starbucks.
a haiku a day 