connecticut

mango, pocketknife,
church lawn - litchfield knows he's not
episcopalian
(1-14)





lonely stretch of eight -
locusts' shrill protest, that he'd
walk to western mass
(1-14)




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bridgeport exit weeds –

‘n th’shadow of th’old mill, he sews

th’patches on his jeans

(5-15)

new canaan car wash
scrubs august earth off license,
constitution state!
(10-08)

hates th'insurance biz -

tavern on avon's main street,

lifts glass t'hopeless sox

(10-14)

th’cashier sells hope, at

th’meshantucket casino –

out here, th’leaves ‘re changing

(6-15)

th’deep blue ‘f shewville brook,

th’bright leaves – th’certain doom, she says,

something y’get used to

(6-15)

 

stonington exit –

bed ‘f leaves ‘n’ acorns seems better

than th’steady take ‘f th’game
(6-15)
 


old mystic hiker,
pot of pine needle tea: first
frost melts with sunrise
(10-08)





just past danbury,
sunrise through valley's wood smoke -
a voice says: don't leave
(5-13)






groton trucker's horn,
celebrating pats' vict'ry -
rest stop clarion
(10-08)






leaves turn peacefully
but wall street and its culture -
just down the merritt
(7-05)






pequot gamer says
lot less snow up here these days -
lot more rusted cars
(2-10)

hutch river to th’ryes –

getting one’s mind prepared

for the holidays

(5-15) 

asylum hill cook –

th’feast is f’r watching th’roseparade

‘n’ for forgetting th’past

(6-15)

 

powder ridge ski lift
gears grind, heart heals painfully
eternal delays
(10-08)






tea served in step-van,
bridge freezes where ninety-five
crosses thames river
(10-08)






poet's glasses crack
'tween pack and icy road sign
at avon junction
(10-08)






housatonic woods
campfire crackles against chill
bitter march morning
(10-08)






choose to be patient,
sheep will move when weather breaks,
quaker hill back road
(10-08)





algonquin campfire
breakfast - the blackest coffee
to thaw the late freeze
(3-10)






u-conn hoops champ says
campus comes alive in march,
no town to speak of
(1-07)

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