low moon
along the dark path
yellow beech leaves
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forlorn figures
geese in chorus
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dancers leap
darting across the stage
on open day
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three illegal immigrants
join the archery club
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our pews are full
of occasional conformists
at Easter
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ties show team's colours
for the March reunion
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* * * * *
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windswept plumage
& one flight feather picked
off a thistle
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a Scotsman - really Irish
but don't tell him
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no one in court
will claim the graceful cough
is in contempt
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a bag of winter mixture
circulates under the table
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two hunting dogs
fall fast asleep
beagle & hound
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carelessly folded together
with seraphic smiles
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Cyrano's love
with no promise
sows mistrust
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only single beds
for the honeymoon couple
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on the field gate
sloughed snake skin
stops passers-by
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along one side of the ditch
and through a hole in the hedge
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in great expectation
of the bush warbler
moonset
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our soprano arrives
on the 12.15 train
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* * * *
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presents from Austria:
perfume from Schonbrunn,
chocolates by Mozart
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in the Schatzkammer *
the familiar, kindly faces
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clearing the drifts
hearty greetings cross
the village street
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frost on vagrant's sleeves
wartime coat from thrift shop
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a piece of driftwood
trimmed and varnished
I call it Nautilus
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fivefold awakening
starfish clear & cold
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in the brilliance
of a May morning, I saw
the whole creation
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couple in the country chapel
kiss having said I do, I do
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a boy shouts
girls in the Saturday market
giggle at wedding bells
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armfuls of wild flowers
for first date
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in the olive grove
each leaf and furrow clear
in tonight's moon
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so much of it all along
unnoticed in sunshine
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* * * * *
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woodpecker
brings its needs
to the old tree
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that's it! a new reading
of the Da Vinci Code
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in a voice
of indifference
play it again, Sam
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"such a dull and surly manner **
denies the resurrection"
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blue
dyes
the forget-me-not
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a sudden shower splashes
colours in the grass
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