Showing posts with label Arizona. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Arizona. Show all posts

Friday, February 5, 2010

nearly empty

mystifying, life.

All Year Round
Leaning against the wall…

nearly empty
When Benevolence
overflows,
with small streams

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Today's OED word of the day, from which the erasure poem was taken, is 'tilt.' I fear for the current generation of game players who will not understand this citation:

1980 G. HAMMOND Reward Game xi. 157 ‘No, we've already been offered forty by Frank Hutch’ ‘That should make him light up and say “Tilt”,’ Keith said with satisfaction.

Thursday, February 4, 2010

bitter oranges

oranges on the ground
next to the bocce ball court —
retirement

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

wednesday 3 february

the Estrellas
glazed pink by the rising sun —
moonset

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

tuesday 2 february

in Arizona
no shortage of shadows —
Groundhog Day

Saturday, January 30, 2010

saturday 30 january

jumping out of bed
to catch the early show —
desert sunrise

Friday, January 29, 2010

friday 29 january

shadows lie
across the Estrellas —
coveys of quail

Monday, October 12, 2009

sunday 11 october

clouds floating
over Sunday morning
stillness

saturday 10 october

Arizona —
long thin lines
of long thin palms