Goldenrod After Rainfall

Mount Greylock, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

wringing out 
a rain-soaked t-shirt, 
my son smiles 

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Rain over Mount Greylock

unescapable 
dramatic tide of dark clouds,  
the first drop falls 

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Abandoned at the Railyard

still sidecars 
no schedule or passengers, 
just ghost conductors 

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Tear Down This Wall

no matter how grand 
every wall falls to wind, storm 
and time 

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Bridge over the River Fergus

grey stones strung with red, 
the River Fergus ripples 
with silent ghosts 

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Speak to the Queen

my chin up 
I’m focused on the future, 
like a queen 

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à-côté de la mer — beside the sea

dans le jardin botanique 
parmi toutes les plantes du monde, 
je me suis retrouvé 

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Far from the Irish Sea

doubtless Dubliners 
take in stride their standing stones, 
but not I 

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One Wish

Elder weed sends up 
starry-white flowers, 
mini-Queen Anne’s lace. 
Its rhizome roots 
crowd out hapless 
coral bells and astilbe 
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That June Glow

June’s mid-day glow 
turned my daughter’s pale cheeks 
rosy as flowers 

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Together

petalled, leafed and bare, 
together through the long years 
branches twined 

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The Heart in Spring

trembling magnolias
feeling the cold wind’s touch
each petal shivers

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