June 26: Cathedral Woods

Cathedral Woods
a conclave of doves
rises from the trail

November 25: Last one in

After sunset—

bright half-moon rising,

one last dove flying to roost. 

April 18: Pairs

Soft bodies of doves

paired up on the wire--

a line of wild music.

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January 12: Mourning

End of a rainy day

Doves flitting into darkness

A sense of loss

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December 9: Apple tree in December

Cold day, apple tree--

seven apple-colored doves,

one bright cardinal.

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August 10: End of day

dusk and rain falling

a single mourning dove

flying to its roost

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May 8: As self-possessed as chickens

Cold wind this morning.

Side-by-side two doves

peck calmly in the new grass.

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February 4: Winter state of mind

What's going through the mind
of the huddled dove
unmoving in the sun?