Nature – Page 17 – Poems from in between

Haiku for Lake Shore Drive

Cars, haughty and rushed, hiding drivers’ eyes and thoughts from the pensive sea.

Jenifer

There are always linens to fold here, and sweeping, and the sand never really pulls up from the carpet. The new owners hung curtains

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Do tulips still grow in the back by the swings? Last I saw, their clumps had expanded

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1. Forest floor beneath, suspended within the green,

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Think of the earth and the roots that run through it, at once drawing up nutrients

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We crack open a crusty window. The room fills with

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