The following poems, originally written in March and April 2012, were first published on 23 June 2012 in Things with Wings, a free online book in PDF format published by Yay Words, edited by Aubrie Cox.

the neon buddha

loses focus

on photography

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marked by drips

from her ice cream

the way home

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tsunami anniversary—

a thousand cranes

still to be folded

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speed dating—

she asks me

about her breath

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pelting rain . . .

the dormouse

finding shelter

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wishing well—

my wish to give you

a hundred pennies

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birth announcement . . .

a plum petal falls

into my open palm

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the scent of snow . . .

a forever stamp

on your breakup letter

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green flash—

if I fell in love,

would you catch me?                                                                                                                    +

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narcissus in bloom . . .

the gumshoe tells me

I’ve been framed

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family trip . . .

no wish

for reincarnation

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snails have eaten her roses

thanks again

to my procrastination

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summer’s end . . .

unfinished books

in a pile for the library

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summer starlight . . .

the featured poet

alone with her stack of books