June 6: Poppies

overcast afternoon

the urge to pick

my neighbor’s orange poppies

June 5: Phoebe

neighborhood

phoebe’s regular perch

on our lawn chair

May 24: Flowering plum

spring thunderstorm 

how I covet

my neighbor’s plum tree

May 2: Magnolia

the right words

glimpse of a back yard

magnolia in bloom

April 16: Chicken

neighbor’s black chicken

strutting on the snow

spring pastoral

February 28: Windfall

fallen branch

from my neighbor’s willow

hung up on our fence 

December 1: Moon

full moon rising

over a neighbor’s house—

another lit window

October 9: Holiday

No mail today.

During a pause in the rain

neighbor’s rooster crowing.

July 20: Neighbors

I show him a bluebird,

he urges me to pick

his raspberries.

 

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May 24: Framing

Trying to get the mountain

in the same shot

as the apple tree.

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April 6: Sighting

From the shower

my husband watches an otter

cross our backyard.

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April 5: Emergence

Pulling the blind
on a skunk sniffing
the still-frozen lawn.

January 31: Light in the darkness

Neighbor's window at dusk

a square of yellow light.

Much needed comfort.

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January 11: Newcastle Brown

Same time every day
neighbor walks past our house
with another six-pack.

January 10: Red-tail in the 'hood

We wish the young hawk

perched over our mouse-filled shed

would stick around.

 

(Photo taken through screened window)

 

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October 20-B: Hunger

Geese flying overhead.

Our neighbor pulls a wagon

to the food pantry.

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September 11: Kids these days

Skateboarding teens help

a penny-sized turtle hatchling

find the river.

 

 

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September 10: Sudden harvest

Artillery of acorns

pounds the roof

of the empty house next door.

September 9: Tomatoes

"This might be it," he says--

neighbor at the door

with hands full of tomatoes.

 

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August 30: Zucchini season

I feel sorry for

the enormous zucchini

left on the sidewalk.

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