Category: Poetry
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“The Morning I Became Someone Else” — A Poem from Jim Garraty’s POV
Every so often, while revisiting Reunion: A Story and Reunion: Coda, I find myself returning to the emotional fault lines that shaped Jim Garraty long before he ever set foot in Cambridge or New York. Graduation Day 1983 is one of those fault lines — the day when childhood ended, adulthood began, and the girl…
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Steamy Saturday in South Florida…and Touting a Fellow Blogger’s Haiku Book!
Mid- to Late Morning, Saturday, May 17, 2025, Miami, Florida Hi, everyone. It is a beautiful but steamy late spring morning in South Florida. The temperature is 80°F (26°C) under sunny conditions. With humidity at 87% and the wind blowing from the south-southeast at 3 MPH (4 Km/H), it feels like 90°F (32°C). It will…
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New Hampshire Summer Morning: A Haiku
Golden sun bathes leaves, In warm hues, breeze whispers soft, Cool touch on my cheeks.
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February Winter Day (New Hampshire) #2: A Haiku
Grey clouds, white snow, cold…. Northeastern woods bare of leaves. When will spring get here?
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February Winter Day (New Hampshire): A Haiku
A cloudless blue sky White cold snow reflects the sun; The north wind bites me.
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Morning, Mid-October 2023 (A Haiku)
Golden yellow sun And clear cerulean blue skies Bring fall’s cold greetings.
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October Nightmares & Fears (A Haiku)
In full dark, no stars; Dreams turn into bleak nightmares, And fear stabs at me.
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A Walk in Mid-October: A Haiku
Sunlit spaces beckon me; Grassy expanses filled with leaves Falling from the trees.
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The Proud Tower: La Giralda (A Haiku)
Tall,graceful belfry(It was once a minaret) Reminds me of Spain
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Songs in Minor Keys (A Haiku)
Clefs, notes, and stanzasMelancholic melodies;How still the day seems!
A Certain Point of View, Too 