April 30: More about the cat and spring

Released from the house

the cat dashes, frantic

to roll on the lawn.

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April 29: Why did the chicken cross the road?

Stopping for a hen in the road--

it's not just the old joke

that makes me smile.

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April 28: Wind and rain

Roof tiles on the lawn--

arbitrary gusts of wind

make me restless also.

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April 27: First greens

Bright green sprouting chives--

not surprised the restless cat

wants to graze on them.

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April 26: Beth's Farmstand

The farmstand's open--

spring's first baby radishes

for dinner tonight.

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April 25: Overheard

Overheard at the conference:

"So, my neighbor has

only one peacock..."

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April 24: Cathance River

High water. On the banks:

tight buds of mayflowers,

single kinglet singing.

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April 23: Whistling

I thought he was whistling

as he walked up the walk

but it was a robin.

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April 22: Watching the Sox

Baseball on tv--

the bright green diamond, the lights,

it could be summer.

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April 21: Vivid

Rain-beaten crocus

uncovered by raking--

I'm in love with purple.

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April 20: Driving / Rain

Driving rain, midnight,

the highway a black river

we struggle upstream.

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April 19: Peepers

Even at one a.m.

we drive out of our way

to hear spring's first frogs.

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April 18: Snail found in the garden after a long winter

Raking the flower beds

I don't have the heart

to toss the lone snail.

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April 17: Birthday

Caterpillar moves fast
across the sunlit driveway
because it can.

April 16: Deer crossing

New signs: Watch for Deer--

there's a story there

or several, short stories.

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April 15: Home again

Ducks congregate at dusk.

We watch them together

from your living room.

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April 14: Wet dream

A dream's leaky roof
turned out to be the river
flooding my sleep

April 13: Spring fever

The cat won't shut up.

And the phoebe, newly returned.

We all want to sing.

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April 12: Solar powered

Outside with a good book.
Stray guinea hens cackle

on the neighbor's porch rail.

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April 11: Kestrel

Kestrel teeters on the wire

above my car--

should I stay or go?

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April 10: Scavenging

I have to laugh

at the crow in the mist

waving a big leaf.

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April 9: Why am I still writing about snow?

Buddha's lap damp with snow.
Monochrome lawn--
no enlightenment here.

April 8: Parameters

Our physical world, and our psyches, still so bounded by the snow that remains on the ground... and that's supposed to fall tonight.

 

Patch of exposed lawn--

robins explore every inch

within the snow banks.

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April 7: Opening Day

From yesterday, of course:

 

Robins crowd every field.

Red Sox on the radio--

Opening Day.

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April 6: March Madness

Watching basketball

the cancer patient

aligns all his pill bottles.

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April 5: Easter morning

Cardinal's loud whistle.

Kids in down jackets

race around for Easter eggs.

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April 4: Hokusai

Visited the new Hokusai exhibit at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts * with my parents today. A Japanese artist who worked into the mid-1800s, Hokusai is probably best known for his wood block prints, including the famous "Great Wave off Kanagawa." We spent hours at the show and emerged blinking into the fresh air of early spring.

 

Even Prussian blue waterfalls

will fade in time--

this floating world.

 

 

 

* Check it out: http://www.mfa.org/exhibitions/hokusai

 

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April 3: Migration

Spring's floodgates open--

kettles of swirling vultures

soar over Route One.

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April 2: Springtime in Maine

Big April moon shining
Easter Bunny and reindeer
crowd the snowy lawn

April 1: The world proves that it continues to turn

River ice breaks up.

Kestrel balancing on a wire.

Dare I hope...?

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