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the park café—
catching my breath
after the duck’s long dive
eighteen-wheelers
grasshopper on the windshield
shifts its antennae
daylight savings time
tree shadows crosshatch
the crescent moon
hot and hazy
a kettle of hawks
at each bend in the river
misty hills
turkeys’ mating dances
amid unnamed stones
white goats caper
on the cliff, in the sky—
high pressure
Tanka
Gentlemen’s Swimming Hole
at the British colony—
a century later
young men still leap to their deaths
from the jagged rocks
behind the lawn mower
the prim bonnet
and long flowing gown
of a young woman—
how to count the dangers?
first day of vacation
the boy stands in the driveway
wondering where he’ll go
what he’ll do everyday
for two whole months
The poetry on this page is Copyright © 2005 by Elizabeth Howard.
Email: ehoward26@earthlink.net
City & Country: Crossville, Tennessee, USA.
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Vol. 5, No. 1 - Fall & Winter 2005
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