there are no poems
left to write
clouds across the moon
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8 September 2022
State College PA
Category: Haiku
gray-blanketed morning
two terriers scamper
onto the stony trail
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7 September 2022
State College PA
in this round world I’m a square peg
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6 September 2022
State College PA
last man standing
in the supermarket cafe
sitting, really
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5 September 2022
State College PA
waiting at the airport
the plane touches down
as the rain begins to fall
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4 September 2022
State College PA

if I knew you were coming
I’d have shoplifted a cake
howdy do howdy do howdy do
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2 September 2022
State College PA

all the little cables
what do they connect to?
a crescent moon colors the parking lot
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1 September 2022
State College PA

a famous comedian
followed me on Instagram
is that enough?
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31 August 2022
State College PA
this is an empty bottle of tea
you can decide
what I mean by “this”
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28 August 2022
State College PA
Tudek Triptych
I embrace the danger
of a bench
under the oak tree
*
the quick-step rhythm
of park trail walkers
the slow march of breath
*
in the pavilion is a child
with an air horn
I scan the skies for a meteor
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27 August 2022
State College PA





