River of Stones

Thirty-one stones
In the river were tossed
This bird has flown
Another bridge crossed


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Family Stone

Two feet
Two countries
One heart
Many children

Mother Stone

You called Dad the main spoke in our wheel.
You were the axle; you didn’t know that?
I dreamed of you again last night,
This morning I reached for the phone.
You must be somewhere.


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Low Stone

Inertia
Surfaces, then vanishes;
Reappears
Some days are like that…

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Grave Stone

I heard your name on the radio this morning
It rendered me cold
I was there when you flew


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Stone Half-a-Year-Ago-Today

It was a bus ride
Through clouds of dust
You
Out of nowhere

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Stone Twenty-Five

This thunder
Like feeble tapping on summer back door
Reminding me of tempests I love;
This rain
A dribble that cannot measure up

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Tragic Stone

World events
Minimize my grievances
I embrace loved ones
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Borders Stone

A bird can land anywhere,
Fly where his whims take him
Not so man


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Morning Stone

Sidewalk corner
Dog scratches belly
Man scratches chin
Look both ways
Let a new day begin


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Weather Stone

thermostats rise
twenty perish; while the heat takes breath away…
my corner of the planet
chills


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Stones and Dragonflies

Dragonfly against the morning fog
Visits my window screen
A thousand eyes
Say
Be kind, be wise
Gets me through a hazy day

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Progress Stone

Abandoned malls
where
in my childhood.
peach groves
flourished
This is progress


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News Stone

“meat cooked in an approved kitchen”
food vendors can now sell on the street
commence with some serious bitchin’
imagine your taco with pre-cooked meat
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Morning news announced Seattle legal eagles have finally approved street vendors with food carts. They must, however, have their meat cooked in an “approved kitchen.” And -- can only be located 50 feet from an established restaurant. Is there any commercial street in Seattle that doesn’t already have three restaurants competing with one another, with over-priced victuals on miniscule plates? Buena suerte, vendedores.

Sister Stone

This day
Forty-one and thirty-five years ago
Anticipation
Baby girls
Dutch twins.


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Cold Stone

Wind chill factor
Coming in from the east
Getting blanes from
Your cold shoulder

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Dark Stone

Tonight,
It was a crow
Fried in the power line;
Normal life pauses, resumes.
Crows mourn.

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Stone Song

If I were a song
Tonight I’d be Calling You
Across that lonely dry expanse
Of my thirsty past

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Ticking Stone

The blaze at the end
Is just the speed of life
The sonic BOOM of
One
Clock
Ticking

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Moon Stone

Hangs like a balloon
Shines like a spoon
Makes us swoon
Act like a buffoon
Sing a silly tune
The moon
I wish for you the moon

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Stone Recalled

Recalling a song
You came to mind
Like a déjà vu
Forgotten dream
Familiar scent down the hall

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Poetry Stone

Adore poetry simple:
Give me a message,
Tear open the heart,
Spill your beans,
Grovel, swoon, fart.

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Love Stone

I’d stand on my head
Feet in the clouds
Walk upside down
Love inside out
What I’d do for you

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Sad Stone

I thought you were crying,
But it was just play.
I wish you’d truly cry,
So I could comfort you.

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Space Stone

Implacable roar of majestic rockets
Deafens with finality
Flawless lift off

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Cloudy Stone

Like sad drooping shoulders
The clouds are back
We’ll make our own sunshine


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Missing Stone

I remember Mama
Shared jokes, cigarettes, drama
The esquina, never the same
Adios to the lady of red dress fame


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Grant Eric Hunermund RIP
April 20, 1960 - July 6, 2011
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Pick Up Your Trash. Say Thank You.

Pleading the 5th
Forgetting manners
Conduct unbecoming

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Liberty Stone

‘Her name
Mother of Exiles’
Sighs
Lowers torch and
Strains to hold open the sunset gates

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Flat Stone

Taking the day bit by bit
Slowdown, drawn-out
Can’t rush …
Deflated takes on new meaning

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Stone Day Two

Love and care and feeding
Mother’s handbook
Missing chapters

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First Stone of July

Starlings are still nesting
Big fat crow comes to visit
Noise outside my summer window