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JustDaniel
post Oct 11 13, 07:04
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rain on the moon
dimples its surface;
I'm startled awake


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post Oct 11 13, 12:53
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aim started a wake
when the hunters missed their mark
a wave of mallards


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post Oct 12 13, 15:56
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wife of mallard
seems to have laid an egg:
she calls it Larry


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Larry
post Oct 15 13, 14:14
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Was that a shot???

shekels for laurel
woven into winners crowns
good scents are good sense


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post Oct 17 13, 10:20
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No shot, Larry.... Just being goofy!


fence covered with scents
from blossoming roses;
a trained nose knows


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post Oct 18 13, 14:04
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a train's notes nose
snuffles into ears and mind
pictures from a sound


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post Oct 22 13, 19:02
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picture forms a sound
unheard on the canvas;
listen for the strokes


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post Oct 23 13, 23:40
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lesson for the shrikes
who often impale their prey,
thorns are impartial


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post Oct 24 13, 16:07
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impatient thorns
prick the fragrant air;
petals hide them


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post Nov 1 13, 20:42
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dried petals hidden
fragrance lingering sweetly -
pot pourri


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post Nov 9 13, 18:28
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pots of colour
adorn windowsills today -
spring has arrived


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post Nov 9 13, 23:53
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springtime has survived,
winter’s white gown dissipates
feeding her children


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post Nov 23 13, 17:53
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feeding her piglets
poor sow short of nipples;
pity the runt


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post Dec 6 13, 11:52
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the pitiful runt
carnivores need lots of meat
survival assured


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post Dec 8 13, 21:55
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revival assured
beneath the ice-covered lake;
fish slow down to wait


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post Dec 10 13, 01:07
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fish weight to go down
winter brings hibernation
insects hatch each spring


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post Dec 10 13, 09:20
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inserted hatch spring
closes the trap loudly;
rabbit's last leap


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post Dec 18 13, 16:34
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rabbits lack sleep
there are many mouths to feed
procreative glitch


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post Dec 18 13, 21:24
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pro-Creation Grinch:
human scientist insists
on going ape


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post Dec 20 13, 15:29
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on growing an ape:
add most human DNA
subtract the hate


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