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Barry George




Deer crossing--
two headlights come
out of the fog

 

 

 

 

Distant tail lights
in the dark
nostalgia

 

 

 

 

Autumn leaves scattering
a couple my parents' age
walking holding hands 

 

 

 

 

August shade--
a heron's wings
low on the water

 

 

 

 

Snowflakes
seem to be rising--
after the storm

 

 

 

 

Island dusk--
in a field of glowing reeds
the white crane 

 

 

 

 

Yellow maples--
the river gleams with sunlight
shaped like a cross

 

 

 

 

high August--
in a grove of radiant leaves
two women talking

 

 

 

 

summer morning--
a hawk’s cry slips
in through the fan

 

 

 

 

the frozen river--
gulls huddle against
new snow

 

 

 

 

a dandelion field
today...wisps
beneath this moon

 

 

 

 

chalk drawings--
longer rays of autumn
cross the square

 

 

 

 

summer's end--
a hitchhiker stands beside
his tall thin shadow






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