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domestication

pruning the wild 

raspberries 

chipmunk 

running along the fence 

with bulging cheeks 

rabbit 

on high alert 

creaky gate

canada geese

in the shallows of the 

river 

simplicity 

a stack of books from 

a single search 

Discernment

discernment 

children playing 

red light green light 

Published in Live Magazine: A Baptist resource for women on a mission July/August 2020

Also https://baptistwomen.com/one-year-at-a-time/ includes an article by me on the website. 

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questions

for an interview 

build community 

final raspberries—

ripening in the 

heat wave

teasel’s purple mane—

tethered along the 

walkway 

swallowtail 

butterfly flits nearby 

flashes blue 

his silhouette 

the camera awaits 

the comet 

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rhythm

of feet moving 

come again 

rabbit—

visiting  around

tasting gardens

raspberry canes—

stretched out with 

fruit 

cattails 

redwing blackbird

perch

umbrellas 

moving side by side 

bicycle path

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blue

chicory grows tall as 

heat penetrates

goldfinch

among the cedars

hedges

sitting—

six feet away

yet together 

raspberries 

and mulberries 

growing wild 

welcome—

each one called by God

journey together 

Spaghetti Twirls

cloth napkin

spread on my lap

spaghetti twirls 

Published in Failed Haiku #55. 

https://failedhaiku.com/

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dragonfly 

against the current 

away 

story—

gathered into

haiku 

video chat

with my daughter—

snippets of being 

long pause

a deer feeding 

in the woods 

fat groundhog 

by the river

red winged blackbird