You Reach For Lilacs
This was two years ago
And I still remember
A Thought Of You, Brings This
There is a way to look at the sunrise
Without walking to it
Again, you have taught me this
A box of wet cherries
A book closed
With your lap
And things become precious to me
A half mile meadow
Deeply mowed, a circle of crows
Settle down
The machinery is still
Long Time Together
4 dollars I paid
For this dark scarf
Of large red roses
And love’s fortune
Is that I had you
There with me, out
On the sidewalk to
Fold it, and wear
Around your neck
How We Build
It is a day
Of sawing slab wood
Splitting
Then stacking
And be done
Tucking away insulation
Fixing windows
Sharpening every tool
The happy moment
Is that there are still
Small grasshoppers
In the slip of the meadow
That it is 28 degrees
At 7 this morning
And I wash your hair
In one bucket of
Strong spring water —
There is nothing like it
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BOB ARNOLD
I'm In Love With You
Who Is In Love With Me
Longhouse 2012
