wisconsin

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state street panhandler
locusts and dogma, glow of
well-lit capitol
(1-10)





home run lifts humid
night curtain; fan throws popcorn -
brewers win 4-3
(1-10)





truck stop parking lot
oil spill rainbow reflection
eau claire august dream
(10-01)





polka hall band's stalled
accordion player's still
in dane beer garden
(8-05)

madison milkman's sure -

this night, back in sev'nty, those boys

blew up th'math building

(12-14)

baraboo diner
busboy stacks plates at halftime
proud to be cheesehead
(1-10)

madison cyclist –

changing trees th’background, tries t’see

th’car doors opening

(6-15)

roadside stand, deep sky -
homemade sign on balanced pile
of packer pumpkins
(9-05)





christ graces the walls -
spirit of vict'ry in toast,
packers pound the bears
(1-13)

centered on lambeau,

all that matters is sunday,

'n' th'likelihood 'f winning

(11-14)

loaf of bread, some wine
sheltered from season's first snow
french isle underpass
(1-10)

lambeau's seats, frozen -

she becomes jealous 'f players,

at least they can move

(11-14)

new glarus dance starts
early - snow, watch remind folks
of the old country
(1-10)




year's final complaint -
new glarus polka band starts
a few minutes late
(12-13)






whitefish bay champagne
romances dinner - outside,
wind comes in off lake
(10-01)




milwaukee lakeshore,
ice shines on deep blue water -
behind it, traffic
(8-05)





bitter m'waukee wind -
driftwood, bottles strewn about,
ice hardened by grit
(10-01)






two-mile blizzard trek
fingers frozen to gas can
then, moose junction sign
(10-01)





oconomowoc,
dark beer, glare of icy streets -
they know him too well
(12-13)







m'waukee road boxcar,
pewaukee spring breeze through doors -
fisherman, too, waits
(12-13)

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