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Spring Cleaning
Today spring cleaning must begin for real: let winter’s dull and hibernating dust find ends of brooms; quick, scour away the rust to let the nearing sunlight glint reveal the sparkled surface that has long been marred by candles and … Continue reading
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Saturday’s Child: a curtal sonnet
This morning, when I rose from bed, the street was all abustle with the weekend’s chores. Fresh coffee brewed, I filled my favorite mug and sipping slowly, found the flavor sweet. The cat was chasing lizards ’round the floor; I … Continue reading
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Tagged curtal sonnet, daily poems, domestication, holidays, idleness, poetic forms, relaxation
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