22 October 2021 (lily)

long friendship . . .

a single lemon lily

amid the fallen leaves

for Elizabeth

17 August 2021 (Perseids)

Perseids

distant friends appear

disappear in a dream

26 June 2020 (call)

morning birdsong

anticipating a call

from an old friend

22 May 2019 (daffodils)

trading birdsong

for daffodils

green friendship

December 19: Social media

From a Portland bar

a friend shares with me

the holiday cocktail list.

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October 9: Rain day

Waiting out the rain

in a warm, dry place with friends

coffee and krullers.

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May 4: Afternoon tea

Visit with an ailing friend:
first tea, then whiskey,
because why not?

May 2: Before the rain

With pending rain, I decided today's walk needed to be faster than my usual slog up Mount Battie. So I hit the trail at Beech Hill Preserve, which is less steep, and tried to hurry. But then I ran into my friend Brian, who walks there daily; he'd had similar thoughts about trying to beat the rain. (He posts a bird report every day from Beech Hill, in poetry form in the past few weeks.) So I spent more time than I'd planned, in the drizzle, but I didn't mind. And I don't think he did either.

Fast morning hike
trying to beat the rain
til I run into an old friend.

April 22: Pink Moon

A friend lies near death

yet still the full moon rises

still the bloodroot blooms.

 

 

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April 3: Spring snow

Just as we began this morning's hike up Mount Battie, the snow started to fall and the wind started to howl. We three women and the dog accumulated snow as we walked quickly to keep warm against the wind. Fortunately the inclement weather didn't quiet the season's first sapsuckers and Winter Wren.

Snow falling faster.
Long trilled song of the wren
from somewhere in the woods.

January 23: In memory

Your yard a rose garden

attracting rare birds

just as you drew in friends.

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