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Groups of short poems.

  Sustenance 


1:  Spirit

The breeze was an endearing thing
that sank deeply in my heart.
A lawn sprinkler splashed the markers.
The pastor spoke some words about Christ.


2:  Sustenance

The sprinkler sends tendrils
of grace taken by gravity
upon the oleander's blossoms,
the daisy and the rockrose.
Sam Cooke sings on the radio.


3:  Song

The evening lingered with
a moist heat—the windows open
and only a song drifts in
from my neighbor's open window.


4:  Dusk

The sprinkler on the lawn
cannot keep it alive.  Summer,
I walk through the yard
bare-chested, drinking beer,
until it feels good again.


5:  July

At dusk the heat lingers;
the lake turns pink.  Cows
herd by the still reeds.
Driving by in a dark car
I say to you, "Look."


6:  August

Brilliant and aloof, the zinnias'
pompoms rose—glowing—like many,
colored moons among the hellish,
august weeds in the arid dusk.


7:  Dragonflies

The iris has bloomed.  The heat
has come—now the swords
have bent and turned brown.
Yet the dragonflies still visit.


8:  Ruth's Funeral

Most of the men wore dark
sunglasses.  The ladies grieved
in light, summer dresses.  The pastor
seemed at peace with his work.





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