Andy Perrin

chic cold moon
no need to hang lights
this stilled night

#vss365 #chic

on my bicycle
forgetting the perfect
opening line

exhausted
we slip into
vespertine shadows
first of oaks
then of maple crowns
and witch hazel
finally of earth herself
and we become
a simple silhouette
in a strange universe

#vss365 #vespertine

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the chivalrous oaks
bend to bow before
the wind passes by

and the wind carries
the acorns on, so oaks
can pass life to the next

#vss365 #chivalrous

aphotic night departs
as silhouettes rise
and we find the shape
of another day

#vss365 #aphotic

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and a suave snap of sun
to take the chill off a day

#vss365 #suave

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through poetry
things last
just a bit longer

#vss365 #last

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Knowing each leaf
has but one chance
to grow and fall

is a simple matter
of self awareness,

so many that each
may be overlooked

or counted merely
as part of a group

and more easily
trudged upon

under the weight
of our modernity.

#vss365 #matter

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pale quarter moon
most things have fallen by
late November

most leaves twirl to earth
falling deeply into dance
and a closing bow

fragile health
sweeping the strewn lawn
of refuse

#vss365 #health

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late November
learning to walk through
falling things

#vss365 #learning

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the sun rises
while clouds and ocean paint
our reflections

(sunrise Narragansett Bay Nov. 25)

#vss365 #reflection

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This timed exercise of life,
existence,
what a strangeness we inhabit,

where madmen invented minutes
and traded them for money,

so sorry I simply don’t have time,

we measure wars in increments
of time and lose sight of the rest,

seasons are the shortest time.

#vss365 #timed

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The Cedar Wax Wings
of course
are relevant to the poem,

as the winter berries
begin to fade,

and the lichened walls
glisten with morning frost

framing the silhouetted
stand of thinned birches,

it’s nice that there’s also
this fullness of sound.

#vss365 #relevant

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It would all be achievable
but for the greed, the greed,
the illusion of greatness.

#vss365 #achievable

the measurable distance
between poems

one maple leaf falls
then another

one Canada goose calls
then another

one snowflake drifts
then another

one memory arrives
then another

one lifetime
then another

and another

#vss365 #measurable

Much appreciated!

two ducks drifting
through an inverted
cold fleeting morning

this specific moment
firstly and also lastly

#vss365 #specific