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Afternoon Nap - Fair Oaks
Chenille fiber line the ballerina’s form, She pirouettes as I snuggle warm; Humming from behind the propped zenith kit, White noise,...
danakirstine
Jul 18, 20231 min read
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Be still fu-baby
Tho lightning flashes and thunder does howl Midnight rabid emerald whirlwinds growl And barking cerulean blue tears fall Be still...
danakirstine
Jul 18, 20231 min read
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Canadian Smoke (the Fibonacci)
Pink mist spawned from north crimson glowing – transient mirroring far-off milky way - dense
danakirstine
Jul 18, 20231 min read
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The Paw Paw Tree
An old Pawpaw tree stands below the slope overlooking Owsley revivor. Here it waits for morning sun to glisten over eastern cedar roof...
danakirstine
Jul 13, 20232 min read
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Donkey Basketball (the Rondine)
Keep from falling – dribble, shot, score, and pet burro bareback balancing act barrage straw, nips, opponate, and manuer dodge played to...
danakirstine
Jul 13, 20231 min read
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Hoarding
The last time we visited your home, before the retirement center where you finally slowed to card games and singing in the halls, we...
danakirstine
Jul 13, 20232 min read
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Battlefield Highway Morning Mist
Morning ray, ethereal mist, first-light prayer Softly blanket the newly cut meadows; Baby-pink whispers of daybreak shadow Shear-lace...
danakirstine
Jul 13, 20231 min read
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Nimbus Fish Hatchery – Fair Oaks, California
The trails I walk along the American River Parkway adjacent to the peaceful riparian zone of the Nimbus Hatchery where young Chinook...
danakirstine
Jul 13, 20232 min read
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The Weaver and the Mockingbird
In the garden lives the golden weaving spider, hunkered low among leafy Hosta, hunkered with amplified caution, hiding some place darker,...
danakirstine
Jul 13, 20231 min read
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Hand-Me-Down Tartan Memory
The dress is so far from fitting me now. Partly because of the care I was allowed but also, we all grow up. Comforting colored threads of...
danakirstine
Jul 13, 20231 min read
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Six Decades In - (the Ghazal)
I was introduced to the world at a time of fears and war. We ached and mourned with Jackie, then Coretta, through tears and war. Heroes...
danakirstine
Jul 13, 20232 min read
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I am....
I am dismantled debris – scattered pieces of waste and remains flung carelessly from the point of generation. I am the sludge of...
danakirstine
Jul 12, 20231 min read
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Hurrican Wrangling - Surfing in the Storm
Looking back now I should have cherished the call to the shore more but at the time I was just too stressed and high strung for that....
danakirstine
Jul 11, 20238 min read
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