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spring weeds wilt
in the ninety-four degrees-
june begins

.

a warm breeze -
falling elm fruits
catch the sun.

Morning tea
in the early sunshine.
Baby frogs scale the pond.

as spring ends

as spring ends one last dab of white paint

© 2009
photo: phill deason
words: mandy smith

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last cast
the fly's graceful arc ending
at the rainbow trout

Tits squabble over
birdtable scraps.
Fledgling swifts dart past.

ground floor window -
a hand picks
faded geraniums

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fenêtre de l'étage -
une main cueille les fleurs
fanées du géranium

midday break
counting dandelions
on the creek bank

honeysuckle scent

the moon turns

into a flared nostril

spring wetland
the maple ripples
with the sky

Morning sunshine.
Observing with delight:
First garden poppy.

Festive Spring


Bold music bright out

from candy-colored cars

trilling festive spring

in the garden
chatting with the flowers
after today's shift

foggy morning
points at infinity's end
corner red lights

the ripe cherries

in the topmost branches

the worn-out brush in my hand

Rain patters down
from ragged, windswept clouds.
Lobelia blooms.

spring afternoon
the sound of gears and sails
from the windmill

published 13 June 2001
in tinywords

muggy afternoon-
sweat pooling on my arm
as I walk to the car

Too Much of a Good Thing

.
Spring water logging
now surfaces the earth worm
- struggling to swim

May ends in drizzle
Gnome with his cigarette
soldiers on