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01 Dec 2024

White-fronted Pantoum


Out of the blue winter arrives unannounced
a flock of geese aided by northwest winds

settling on a lake locked inside no man’s land
far away from any civilian populations

a flock of geese aided by northwest winds
covering over one thousand miles

far away from any civilian populations
migrating loudly & seemingly effortless

covering over one thousand miles
unaffected by the plummeting temperatures

migrating loudly & seemingly effortless
over forest & mountain & open plain

unaffected by the plummeting temperatures
out of the blue winter arrives unannounced

over forest & mountain & open plain
settling on a lake locked inside no man’s land


december two thousand twenty-four
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12 Jan 2014

seeing things


I crossed the bridge on the coldest
day of the year just as the noon
whistle blew

on the frozen river below
hundreds of geese huddled together
on the sunlit ice

once inside the downtown deli
I warmed to a cup of soup
and toasted sandwich

driving back across the bridge
the geese had vanished
into the bitter winter air



january two thousand fourteen
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09 Jan 2013
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Springtime in Russia


The six-month winter miraculously
segues into a psychedelic fever
of blossoming apple trees
and awakening white birches
as white-fronted geese
flock along an endless sky
painted robin’s-egg blue.

Outside the city garden plots
become reacquainted
with agrarian hands skilled
from generation’s past
furiously planting and artfully
nurturing all that is necessary
to survive the next winter.




january two thousand thirteen
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