Anniversary Haiku

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   1. Dew-silent snails slide

1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. o'er clefts in fence's lips ...

1. Low calamity.

   1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 38.

   1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. Copper-bowl hourglass --

1. plang.....pleng.....pling.....plong.....plung.....Sleepless.

1. Gong-dream rain flows, falls.

1. 37.

1. Hole, in one graveyard,

1. lures his pain, their memories --

1. Flowered stalk in-tossed.

1. 36.

1. Time traces now on

1. Wine-clear pools where black wings stir.

1. Marfa-mellow days.

1. 35.

1. Silent, prayers pause.

1. Asking: tock-are-tick-you-late?

1. Again, now, again.

1. 34.

1. In time’s felled forest,

1. Shadows fade in mist-whispers.

1. Shoveled earth-spot sprouts.

1. 33.

1. Well, well, well were we.

1. Pulsing –– Bearing –– Being wee.

1. Well, well, well –– we’re we.

1. 32.

1. Platinum bliss rings ...

1. Hail-banged shade shelters two pups.

1. Run! BobOso! Fun!

1. 31.

1. Flame-blast pyres wore smoke.

1. Move-time stirs she-he nest-friends —

1. Wren takes ― hummingbird!

1. 30.

1. Garden colors her.

1. Through broken glass / move-more snails.

1. Street, man sound: He’s got …

1. 29.

1. Glisten — Texas tears.

1. Flowers, wild, wave welcome home.

1. Heart is here — Austin.

1. 28.

1. Texas traffic, deer:

1. Bound-ful over clover, leaves.

1. Family, smiling, grows.

1. 27.

1. Eagle, unexpected.

1. Gentle, warm whispers — asleep.

1. Parcel sits, unsent.

1. 26.

1. Embrace them, brace them.

1. ‘Frisco friends: funny, real.

1. ‘Tis glad day, Grad Day.

1. 25.

1. Matrimonial

1. Nesting rings shine, encircle.

1. Anniversary.

1. 24.

1. Two girls, new adults,

1. Wonder. Parents, pilgrim, age.

1. There! Wings flutter by.

1. 23.

1. Vermont time begins,

1. Ends parents’ skills, love of youth.

1. Florida beckons.

1. 22.

1. Their dog disappears

1. In age, in pain – well, in death.

1. She’s clear, leaving home.

1. 21,

1. Twin pearls: silken seas

1. Swell prosperous, perilous.

1. Promises endure.

1. 20.

1. Where Washington slept,

1. Cunning man wept in brief days

1. Of summer, lonely.

1. 19.

1. Adirondack chill

1. Freeze-heats parade-path party.

1. Ice-castle fun fades.

1. 18.

1. Parental accord

1. Takes a turn seen as civic.

1. Her escort drives on.

1. 17.

1. Her horizons grow

1. As giggles on a Paris

1. Street echo knowledge.

1. 16.

1. Soon-to-be adults

1. Seek advice, make their mistakes.

1. Teacher remembers.

1. 15.

1. Words of mystery

1. Reveal meanings to those dads

1. Who read to children.

1. 14.

1. Another father,

1. Home, in pain, in bed, alone,

1. Dies – without caring.

1. 13.

1. Hot-tub bathers splash

1. In newly mortgaged delight.

1. Lake Placid winter.

1. 12.

1. Where are you going?

1. Kindly father sighs farewell.

1. Grand kids – being good.

1. 11.

1. Journalism: Thought food.

1. New computers, old stories.

1. Words parade through time.

1. 10.

1. Winter snows follow fall.

1. Heat sheds this outer garment.

1. Summer-shade rock garden.

1. 9.

1. Her eyes were bright, clear;

1. But vision grew un-focused.

1. Surgeon sharpens sight.

1. 8.

1. On the road again —

1. Lebanon, Corning, Plattsburgh.

1. Old homes’ aroma.

1. 7.

1. Daughters learn lessons

1. Of their grime and punishment.

1. Sound: One hand spanking.

1. 6.

1. Rows of corn and books

1. Align our Illini lives.

1. Family: old-new.

1. 5.

1. Stems curve up-down-on

1. Yards of gold-red maple leaves.

1. This new home cools-warms.

1. 4.

1. Birth water cascades

1. Across the edge of new life.

1. Our moment is Clare.

1. 3.

1. Summer winds arise;

1. Shadeless fields of golden grass.

1. Scissor-tails delight.

1. 2.

1. What a blessed she,

1. This creature, we call Theda.

1. Pink blossom gives thanks.

1. 1.

1. Sometimes you have been

1. Able to hear my snoring sleep.

1. Crickets in summer.