January 29: Shopping

In the grocery store

overwhelmed by the many

flavors of popcorn.

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December 1: Flight

Over Hannaford

two herons flying to roost

while I lug groceries.

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February 13: Prepared

We can't go a week anymore without another huge snowstorm rolling through, so you'd think people would be stocked up and prepared at this point. Friday night is usually a good time to hit the grocery store, but tonight, two nights before the storm, a lot of shelves were picked clean.

 

Storm preparations--

water, chips, frozen pizza,

always some need to meet.

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January 17: Joy in unexpected places

In the grocery aisle--

pop song on the sound system,

old man sings along.

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July 16: Grocery store

I say "thank you" twice

to the young grocery bagger,

but she won't look at me.

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November 16: Groceries

There's something kind of surreal about wandering the brightly lit aisles of a grocery store--past all those gaudy packages, entire rows of canned fruits, wine bottles with crazy labels, exotic fruits piled with apples and oranges, four kinds of Frosted Mini Wheats--while really tired. We had to do it, we needed food. But it wasn't easy. Still, poetry is everywhere, even when clouded by exhaustion.

Perfectly stacked cans,
bright boxes hold our dinner--
this is food for thought.