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Thunderstorm

Jul24

 
 
 


midnight thunderstorm—
 
the sound of pages turning
 
in an empty book

1 Comment Posted in 5-7-5, © 2018 by Mark M. Redfearn Tagged book, empty, midnight, pages, sound, thunderstorm, turn

Empty

Jul8

 
 
 


Little brown sparrow,
 
the streets are mostly empty,
 
except for your song.

1 Comment Posted in 5-7-5, © 2017 by Mark M. Redfearn Tagged empty, song, sparrow, streets

Scarecrow

Apr28

 
 
 


With an empty sleeve
 
the old scarecrow flaps and flaps
 
at a thieving crow.

10 Comments Posted in 5-7-5, © 2017 by Mark M. Redfearn Tagged crow, empty, flap, scarecrow, sleeve, thieving

Empty

Feb27

 
 
 


In the driving wind
 
a blackbird struggles homeward
 
to her empty nest.

1 Comment Posted in 5-7-5, © 2017 by Mark M. Redfearn Tagged blackbird, empty, homeward, nest, struggle, wind

Shopping

Dec28

 
 
 


window-shopping spree
 
during after-Christmas sales—
 
my empty wallet

1 Comment Posted in 5-7-5, © 2016 by Mark M. Redfearn Tagged Christmas, empty, sales, shopping, spree, wallet, window

Dance

Mar18

 
 
 


empty plastic bag
 
that once contained his ashes—
 
Dad’s last dance with death

6 Comments Posted in 5-7-5, © 2016 by Mark M. Redfearn Tagged ashes, bag, dad, dance, death, empty, plastic

Bell

Feb9

 
 
 


in the temple courts
 
beggar with an empty bell
 
filling it with song

Leave a comment Posted in 5-7-5, © 2016 by Mark M. Redfearn Tagged beggar, bell, courts, empty, song, temple

Waiting

Nov25

 
 
 


waiting for first snow
 
the last days of November—
 
an empty duck pond

2 Comments Posted in 5-7-5, © 2015 by Mark M. Redfearn Tagged days, duck, empty, November, pond, snow, waiting

Suitcase

Oct25

 
 
 


an empty suitcase
 
tossed out of a moving bus
 
now a mouse’s home

Leave a comment Posted in 5-7-5, © 2015 by Mark M. Redfearn Tagged bus, empty, home, mouse, moving, suitcase, tossed

Torturous

Jul2

 
 
 


torturous journey
 
into a summer morning—
 
empty coffee cup

14 Comments Posted in 5-7-5, © 2015 by Mark M. Redfearn Tagged coffee, cup, empty, journey, morning, summer, torturous

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