2026, Day Book, Haiku, Ohio River Valley Literature, poetry

body remedies: 3 haiku on the first day of spring

1.
song sparrows and ants
promises of the season
call, march this new day

2.

the dogs, being kind
let me sleep in -- grace
is best unspoken

3.

body remedies:
hot coffee, fresh air
a cold face wash

[Daybook 2026: Spring 3.20.26]

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2022, Day Book, Ohio River Valley Literature

Day Book: 17 March 2022

1.

I have mind palaces
like Nick Cage used to have castles.

2.

I move surest in transitional seasons. This Spring comes on the cusp of a cold winter.

Coming up on 7 years since I taught in a college classroom. 7 years written off. They will not, it seems, have me back.

But here I am. Building. Revised. Rewrit down to the bone.

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