Category: Poetry
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Today 2025
Today 2025 my oldest sonwas born today not actually this day but decades past we delivered himat homean old farmhousea mile outside oftown caught himeven thoughhe was slick asgreased lighting shot into my outstretchedhands cord cutwrapped andcuddled inhis mommy’sarms signedbirth certificate asfather – deliverer above mypay gradeso they say it’s a piece of ourfamily history…
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Cool April Morning Ride
Cool April Morning Ride a cool April morning witha few puffy-white cloudsabove the surrounding mountainswhile the sky above isa translucent blue explosions of yellow bloomsdraping various trees and bushesin the mazes edging both sidesof the Tucson Loopeven in the dry riverbed early Brittlebushalready gone blousywhile the yellow explosionsof Palo Verde are stilla few weeks away…
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La Bamba
La Bambaby Ritchie ValensPerformed by Shut Up & Kiss Me [Coro]Para bailar La BambaPara bailar La BambaSe necesita una poca de graciaUna poca de graciaPa’ mí, pa’ ti, arriba, y arribaY arriba, y arribaPor ti seré, por ti seré, por ti seré [Verso]Yo no soy marineroYo no soy marinero, soy capitánSoy capitán, soy capitánBamba, bambaBamba,…
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Open Windows
Another from my first Haiku Colletion in the late ’90s Open Windows Wasting away inpoly-something cubes —Windows NT for our light –LE
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Sweetwater Wetlands, Tucson
Sweetwater Wetlands reclaimed wastewater pumpedinto holding ponds and let settle diverted to the wetlands throughsoil, plant, and microbial filters ducks, frogs, insects,flora and fauna of all description work their purifying magic on itfiltering the sweet water into the aquifer below –LE – 3/30/25 PS: The Sweetwater Wetlands in Tucson, originally built in 1996, is a…
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Sculpting The Green
This is part of a longer piece written in late Spring 2012, but this section well describes the present moment… 1 Sweat of the World The sweat of the world on my shoulders and browdripping off my nose and down my back,burning my eyes, soaking my clothes,where any hint of a breeze soothes and frees…
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The Tucson Loop In Spring
The Tucson Loop In Spring the dazzling morning suntilts in 30 degreesoff the eastern horizonwith Aries as backdrop long shadows crossthe north/south pathand the cloudless brightblue sky goes on forever reclaimed water cutsa zigzag path downthe western edge of theotherwise dry Santa Cruz the surrounding mountainsseen through the brightgreen veils of newMesquite leaves a couple…
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A Squabble Of White Gulls — Statuesque
From my first Haiku Collection from the late ’90s A Squabble Of Gulls Snowfield of white gullsStatues frozen in time —Silently praying –LE I saw then in an early morning, empty parking lot, sitting like a Sunday congregation, heads slightly bowed, lost in the sermon… PS: ‘Squabble’: A group of gulls is generally referred to…
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Leave Sleeping Dogs Undisturbed
Old Che-Che Old dog nappingIn morning sunshine suits meJust fine –LE – 3/26/25
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Unchained Melody
Unchained Melodyby Alex North and Hy Zaret – Performed by Lucy Thomas Whoa, my love, my darlingI′ve hungered for your touchAlone, lonely timeAnd time goes by so slowlyAnd time can do so muchAre you still mine?I need your loveI need your loveGodspeed your love to me Lonely rivers flow to the sea, to the seaTo…
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