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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):
2011 chapbook, age, birds, coyotes, death, dogs, dreams, flying, Icarus, illness, landscape, macro, Merri, misc, moon, mountains, nature, ocean, poetica, poetry, poets, rain, sleep, sunset, unbooked, water, wildlife, wind, wolves, writing

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Sun 04/22/12 at 9:21 pm

Sometimes I arise
before dawn
and in those first few moments
I am six again
alone in the endless dark
not quite afraid but
far from mommy and home.
That innocence passes
more quickly this time
with the coming of the light
the radio informs
as the coffee cooks
and I tuck that child
safely back into
his corner of my head:
shh-shh
it’s ok
go back to sleep. mjh