what’s more beautiful—
this red, water-begging dawn
or my daughter’s grin?
each touched by showers
so desperate to soothe our souls
from this hellfire
Friday Night Lights (x2)
health
Symbols of this Day
a cake that collapsed,
a zucchini casserole
without zucchini
Sky Rat
if only these were clouds
not fucking with my haiku syllable count
but actually pouring down rain instead of smoke
if only we didn’t have cactus along the Front Range
to remind us of
how harshly we’ve parched this Earth
how we’ve stolen the sky with fires
how these are not clouds trying to hide
the ever-present sun
August Coronatine Accomplishments
oldest in college
(concurrent enrollment win)
(can remove spiders)
youngest wants hair cut
just in time for her birthday
my new career–ha!)
Too Hot to Believe
only this sunrise
shaped by feared wildfires
could make these strange scenes
Only So Many Days
we’re taking this risk
because it’s what we both love
and without love, what?
Zucchini Therapy (Bless You, Barbara Kingsolver)
Zoom meeting hell day
computers that will not work
need zucchini love
Coronatine Revamped
Zoom meetings drain me
but how sweet these tomatoes
and basil, with love
Zucchini Has Friends
cucumbers are here!
and what better potatoes
than purple, from home?
Still the One (Twenty-two Years)
you can’t get this far
without climbing some mountains
oh, but the aspens.
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