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oleander pink catching the eighties vibes Anna’s hummingbird #haiku

melting the stars that fell in my coffee #haiku

dew reluctantly defrosts on cattails #haiku

lovers theater the breeze rakes through oak’s bare limbs #haiku

midnight a greaser gang hops the gate wet raccoons #haiku

two Africas swimming and dissolving in blue above #haiku

flutter the white lined blue eyes rain tomorrow #haiku

in fallen leaves the feral cat greets me belly up #haiku

under sole the crunch of calico October #haiku

Friday night fishing expedition vegetarian pho #haiku

one more time the sidewalk warms up under old dog paws #haiku

forgiving the trespass ledge spider #haiku

the wilt arrives before the bronze old plum tree #haiku

apart, he sends a biography of each dog he meets #haiku

an afternoon spent with my nephew beading wisteria seeds #haiku

leaning back against the high back clouds autumn sun #haiku

before the roar of the blue angels killdeer song #haiku

kibble the cat rubs my leg until the fish substitute #haiku

the weep of nearby foghorns awake early #haiku

cheep talk knee deep in the pond committee of terns #haiku

valencia street bodega cat stretches out in shopkeep’s shadow #haiku

picnic tables starling’s impatience displayed in highest pitch #haiku

early morning a storm rattles the house of the human kind #haiku

new order someone my age at the cafe also hums along #haiku

October arrives a cottony sheet of fog tangles my sleep #haiku

homecoming eve I slide a caregiver bed down the stairs alone homecoming eve mom and I talk about Halloween decor homecoming day mom gifts a book on habits to resident nuns #haiku

slumped on the hillside red eyed and damp lashed the half moon #haiku

until my shadow suggests a better route little lizard #haiku

September now the drive to work suggested by lamplight #haiku

summer salt four teen raccoons frolic in backyard moonlight #haiku

ballot check below the mailbox half dozen crows #haiku

prescribed burn angel island blurred grey then the bridge #haiku

espresso machine matching the groan of tom waits #haiku

first day of autumn the leaf we’ve long watched settles in the duff #haiku for Gene Shofner

old birdhouse the new resident weaves a front porch #haiku

spilled across warm cement basset hound ears #haiku

september yawning now pinecones #haiku

ruffled the skirts of El Niño hemming the shore #haiku

mom’s dresser a spin of the season’s hues kaleidoscope #haiku

rose hips little muscles flex last white blooms #haiku

through an unlocked gate along the nursing home’s edge castle houses #haiku

“to see bobcats” says the wheelchair transport guy “listen to the crows” #haiku

morning light filtered through windowed rows liquor bottles #haiku

caution tape disregarded by a dragonfly #haiku

hippie girl selling wildflower bouquets from her Tesla’s trunk #haiku

through sunglasses the manner for which fuzzed clouds become eyelashes #haiku

nursing home visit together we count minutes until the sax guy #haiku

sky through the blades of the turkey vulture’s black wingspan #haiku