Tag: observation
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A Night of Rain
I wrote A Night of Rain after watching a bird cling to a lemon tree during a storm. The image became a study in distance—the bird, the person, and the observer caught in a triangulated gaze.
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Each Morning Before Dawn
I wrote Each Morning Before Dawn after noticing how the small rituals of care—refilling a bird feeder, waiting for song—can reveal the violence beneath domestic calm. The poem began as a record of sound and silence, but it evolved into a meditation on expectation and dread. The mockingbird and squirrel became emblems of persistence and…
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America is…………
America Is…….**America Is………… The Financial District crosswalks that become piano keys in the syncopated hustle of the pedestrian light The redheaded clown in a Raggedy Ann dress holding five red balloons, heading to a gig in Hell’s Kitchen, noticing rainbow-striped reflections in the plate glass of a bank lobby window The shadow woman who walks…