Father’s Day—
a tree limb snaps
in the graveyard

my wife brushes
her mother’s hair—
night deepens

summer day
in a scorched cornfield
we chase butterflies

solitary crow
on the pole
after the funeral

wind-blown snow
my father’s story stops
in mid-sentence

throwing out
the wilted flowers . . .
winter night

New Year’s Day
sweeping out broken
ornaments

windy day
unlatched gate in the cemetery
opens, closes, opens . . .

picking blackberries
with my toddler
our shadows distant

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