sunlit ripples
the heron's wing
dips into twilight
In memory of Peggy Willis Lyles,
September 17, 1939 - September 3, 2010
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autumn stars
we discuss our anxieties
point after point
First published in Notes From the Gean
June 2011, Volume 3, Issue 1
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Pentecost –
flames shoot up
from the
oven
First published in Notes From the
Gean
March 2011, Volume 2, Issue 4
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a cross
traced in the dust
summer rain
First
published in Notes From the Gean
March 2011, Volume 2, Issue 4
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sudden impact
the heightened pitch
of a
cricket
First published in Notes From the
Gean
March 2011, Volume 2, Issue 4
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the long wait
for an ambulance . . .
falling leaves
First published in Notes From the Gean
December 2010, Volume 2, Issue
3
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a black dress
laid out on the bed
new
moon
First published in Notes From the
Gean
December 2010, Volume 2, Issue 3
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winter wind
the sound of pages
turning in unison
First published in Notes From the Gean
December 2010, Volume 2, Issue 3
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inhaling the scent
of her new prayer book
First
Communion
First published in Notes From
the Gean
September 2010, Vol 2, Issue 2
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the pause
behind the screen . . .
First Confession
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evening Mass
a fading reflection
behind the
altar
First published in Notes From the
Gean
September 2010, Vol 2, Issue 2
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a snowflake
thaws on her cheek . . .
Mother's Day
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cherry petals
in the fresh cut grass . . .
her
mind drifts
First published in Notes From
the Gean
September 2010, Vol 2, Issue 2
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autumn air . . .
the diminishing trail
of voices
First
published in The Heron's Nest, Volume XII, Number 3: September 2010
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Christmas dinner
the fifth burner
finally
ignites
First published in The Heron's
Nest, Volume XII, Number 2: June 2010
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test results
the doctor asks
if I go to church
First
published in Notes From the Gean
June 2010, Vol 2, Issue 1
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snow moon
bitter wormwood
still on her
tongue
First published in The Heron's
Nest, Volume XII, Number 1: March 2010
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frayed pages
fall from her prayer book –
end of chemo
First published in Notes From the Gean
March 2010, Vol 1, Issue 4
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sunrise
erasing
stars
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scented breeze
her fan unfolds
into a blossom
First
published in Notes From the Gean
March 2010, Vol 1, Issue 4
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stinging nettle . . .
the bee's shadow
swells
into mine
First published in Notes From
the Gean
December 2009, Vol 1, Issue 3
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petals drift
from the butterfly tree . . .
fragrant rain
First published in Notes From the Gean
December 2009, Vol 1, Issue
3
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a teacup
still in the doll's hand
flood
waters
Second Place, Caribbean Kigo Kukai
#07, Sept. 2009
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neighborhood watch
a rainbow slips
over the fence
First
published in Notes From the Gean
December 2009, Vol 1, Issue 3
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raindrops . . .
old bush warblers
rest their
wings
First published in Moonset
Autumn/Winter 2008
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early spring
awakening to the chirps
of a nestling
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leaping
from one thought to another
tree frog
First Place August 2008
Sketchbook kukai
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his guide dog
bolts from room to room
funeral
day
Second Place May 2007 Shiki kukai,
Free Format
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spring wind
a tulip undresses
petal by
petal
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summer morn
a butterfly shares
my breakfast table
First Place June 2008
Sketchbook kukai
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april shower . . .
reflections of a new
friend
in the puddle
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the last leaf
falls from the tree . . .
funeral day
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under
the shade of an elm –
her
gravestone
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spring wind –
layers of color
outside the lines
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spring crossing –
early morning yawn
of a
lift bridge
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morning dew
on a dandelion . . .
lemon drops
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first swallow . . .
the calm of dawn
slips
away
First published in The Heron's Nest,
Volume XI, Number 2: June 2009
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smile lines . . .
sand from her summer vacation
still in her purse
Second Place, July 2009
Caribbean kukai #5
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weaving
summer into fall . . .
garden
spider
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Corpus Christi
a dove guides the procession
into Father's Day
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