September 2010 – tinywords

last day of vacation— the blackberries won’t let me go

cloudy day I wave at the neighbors I don’t know

a spider on the floor tile— checkmate

daughter and mother the same hard face

bus stop an empty bench and a bag lunch

from pampas grass a dragonfly emerges thunderclaps

gusty wind chasing one another three plastic cups

beach party the last drop of sunlight caught in a glass

rain curtain of absences

the little spider hunches sideways— night shift

whispering grass ~ the scythe’s sound against the stone

World Series another layer of paint flakes off the fence

summer’s end lilies pointing toward earth

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collecting stones from the river where I was baptized moonlight washes over me

summer’s end— rearranging gravel in the Zen garden

last bloom— closing the shears

tinywords issue 10.2 is now complete. There will be a brief pause before the next issue, for which we’re accepting submissions.