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Fishing At Sunset

May 14, 2012

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Black water, calm wind
Sun setting on treetops far
Gulls silent above
 
© 2012 Thomas W. Cummins

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Day’s End In An Isolated Cove

May 13, 2012

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Heron’s silent glide
Clears the trees’ black silhouette
A safe harbor, home

 © 2012 Thomas W. Cummins

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Northern Lake Surprise

May 13, 2012

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A quick look around
Sun glinting off wet black bill
A loon has surfaced

 © 2012 Thomas W. Cummins

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An Immigration Reflection

May 7, 2012

A reflection on an interview of Luis Alberto Urrea by Bill Moyers on PBS, May 6, 2012

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He says he looks Irish
He does –
His mother’s side.
Once had an accent
From Tijuana –
His father’s side.
 
An American –
With a border heart
That feels and shares the pain
With ears
That hear and convey the hope
With eyes
That peer through the desert heat waves
Toward a better life – a mirage?
 
Writing and writing, he writes
Writing for us to read
Reading that we might listen
Listening that we might understand
Understanding that we might share
And lend a voice
 
How many voices
To fill the silence?
How many “illegals”
Before our brown brothers and sisters
Are seen?
How many rejected souls
Before we give refuge,
A loving refuge?
  

© 2012 Thomas W. Cummins

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A Winter Backyard Visitor

May 5, 2012

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A lone coyote
Squinting in the morning sun
Her breath wisps of frost

 © 2012 Thomas W. Cummins

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Insistent Sunrise

May 4, 2012

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Prying up a cloud
A golden sun shoots a beam
Across steel-gray lake

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