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#201-226 : July 19, 2005- August 13, 2005
 

 

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#226
Saturday, August 13, 2005

[August Flowers]

The black-eyed susans
stand up on their gawky stalks
staring at summer


#225
Friday, August 12, 2005

[Baa Baa Blackie]

He made dancing dogs
elephants and Bunyans
makes me feel sheepish


The Ant Christ

[SnapBack from Carmel Rubin]


#224
Thursday, August 11, 2005

[Anachronism]

An old gaff-rigged scow
sails through a fiberglass world
without any wake


#223
Wednesday, August 10, 2005

[Cellophane Wings]

Dragonflies hover
then dart across the water
mirrored on stillness


#222
Tuesday, August 9, 2005

[Sailor's Song]

Between wind and tide
we slide across the water
in tune with the world


#221
Monday, August 8, 2005

[Seascape]

Water on paper
with just a tinge of pigment
laid to capture light


#220
Sunday, August 7, 2005

[Popham to Merrymeeting]

In August the terns
fly upriver from their nests
to feed on bay fry


#219
Saturday, August 6, 2005

[Hearing Aid]

Messages in air
whisper our imaginings
when we stop to listen


#218
Friday, August 5, 2005

[Cone Flower Kings]

Gossamer migrants
flittering about the field
to close the circle


#217
Thursday, August 4, 2005

[Richmond Bridge]

Traffic has to wait
as the swing span opens wide
a pause in the haste


#216
Wednesday, August 3, 2005

[Polyphemus]

Soft patter of wings
beating at the window pane
seeking the light


Moth Seeks The Light
[Local Myths]

#215
Tuesday, August 2, 2005

[On the Beach]

Dozing in the sun
distant mewling of seagulls
soft brush of a breeze


#214
Monday, August 1, 2005

[Croquette]

The games of summer
produce leisured tableaux
with mallets and balls


#213
Sunday, July 31, 2005

[Pan in the Deep]

In the deeps of dream
leviathan sings to us
and we know the tune


#212
Saturday, July 30, 2005

[Spindrift]

Where the rivers meet
their waters swirl together
setting us in spin


#211
Friday, July 29, 2005

[Cosmic Yo-Yo]

Round and round it goes
even at the summer's height
the tide ebbs and flows


#210
Thursday, July 28, 2005

[Two Minus Two]

When the local store
stops providing us service
we will shop elsewhere



#209
Wednesday, July 27, 2005

[Odds and Ends]

Gathering fragments
maple and mahogany
looking for patterns


#208
Tuesday, July 26, 2005

[Cave Lignen]

When the trees come out
striding beside the river
woodworkers beware


#207
Monday, July 25, 2005

[Spun Yarn]

Two good old boys are
leaning on a red pickup
trading their tall tales


#206
Sunday, July 24, 2005

[Dancing Memory]

Down in the front row
where you hear the dancers grunt
Carlo sits entranced


#205
Saturday, July 23, 2005

[Thunder Dancers]

Western sky purples
and the air smells of ozone
snap crackle and crash


#204
Friday, July 22, 2005

[Eyes Unsquint]

Running upriver
into the Sasanoa
as the daylight fades


#203
Thursday, July 21, 2005

[Tide Ride]

Headed downriver
looking to escape the heat
that boils my brain


#202
Wednesday, July 20, 2005

[Iron Works]

The great cranes of Bath
rotate slowly in the fog
shift horns blow through town


#201
Tuesday, July 19, 2005

[Timothy Bends]

Moving passages
wind across the meadow grass
swiftly come and gone