Even Inside
You were asleep
I blew out the lamp
Turned to you —
A firefly blinked
Summer Leaves
I listen
To all
Its length
Of a tall
Maple tree
In the rain
Duo
The same bird every night
In the same tree singing
The same song that does
The same very songful
Thing inside of me
It Is Now The Birds Settle
You would walk
Upstairs to our room
In the early evening
So warm
Undress, while looking to the woods
Lie down
Hours later
I would find you this way
Explaining To Carson
On
the boat ride we saw
One
town, one island,
Two
motor boats, two
Kids
swimming from a canoe,
A
redtail hawk flew over
The
mountain, a blue
Heron flapped around the bend
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Bob Arnold
Once In Vermont
Gnomon
