» Songdogs by mark justice hinton

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My Virtual Chapbook - 2011

Unhinged Mon 04/04/11
Wind Makes Crazy Tue 04/05/11
Whispering, "Rain!" Wed 04/06/11
Graze Thu 04/07/11
Cold Lang Syne Fri 04/08/11
Merri! Sat 04/09/11
Blush Sun 04/10/11
Sharp Mon 04/11/11
Going Home Tue 04/12/11
Choke Wed 04/13/11
some lesser poet Thu 04/14/11
bask Fri 04/15/11
tuck Sat 04/16/11
flea Sun 04/17/11
Dickey Mon 04/18/11
The Heaven of Animals Tue 04/19/11
The Bright Side Wed 04/20/11
Slumber Thu 04/21/11
waiting for the tide Fri 04/22/11
Relentless Sat 04/23/11
Icarus Sun 04/24/11
at this very moment Mon 04/25/11
101° Tue 04/26/11
the cure Wed 04/27/11
up in the middle of the night Thu 04/28/11
Songdogs Fri 04/29/11
Seek Alternate Route Sat 04/30/11
this simple truth Sun 05/01/11

Themes (larger size indicates more poems):
age, birds, breath, death, dogs, dreams, falling, flying, heaven, Icarus, illness, landscape, macro, misc, moon, mountains, nature, ocean, poetica, poetry, poets, singing, sleep, sunset, unbooked, water, wildlife, wings, wolves, writing

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Songdogs

Fri 04/29/11 at 11:47 am

I met a couple
on the breathless trail
to Pueblo Alto.
They were dressed identically
in long-sleeve white shirts
and khaki-colored nylon pants —
oddly well-groomed in a wild place.
They grinned at me
as they approached,
and I thought I heard her say,
"Hello, Mark."
But how? Did I know them?
I asked how they were and she replied,
"Wonderful. How about you?"
She sang her words
like someone unfamiliar
with human speech.
Only then did I recognize them —
coyotes are so clever. _mjh