Fort Lauderdale
Las Olas Bridge
Small cove
West side
Intracoastal Waterway
After-school
The young boy
Sitting on seawall
Watching
Anchored sailboats
Dreaming
Of
Pirates
Life at sea
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Relaxing
Aware
Great White Heron
Stops
For refreshing dip
In shallow water
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All day in the hot fields
Long ride
From back of truck
The man
Tossed
Bunches of bananas
To his partner
Standing on the ground
While the wholesaler
Counted
Dictated
Price to pay
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Weathered
Terracotta pot
Half full of rainwater
Miniature birdbath
Frogs splash
Mosquito eggs hatch
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Wake-Up
Check online live Atlantic Ocean beach webcam
Surf calm
Sun bright
Everything just right
Make a quick bite
Hop on my bike
Ride to beach
Skin tan and tight
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2 p.m.
Fort Lauderdale Beach
Drinking
Pink lemonade
Sitting
Under large umbrella
Watching
Heavy rain come down
Parade of tourists
Do a runner
Twenty minutes later
Sunshine
Alone
Beach now my own
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Cambodia
Angkor
Barefoot
Young monk
Wrapped
In orange robe
Walking
Quietly
While
Peddlers
Loudly
Hawk
Souvenirs
To
Tourists
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Last hurricane
Avocado tree
Broken
Halfway point
Slowly
Strangled
By
Aggressive
Unforgiving
Vines
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Just before sunset
Swinging
Slowly
Back and Forth
On
Cedar Wood Swing
Sipping
Chamomile tea
bit of honey
Observing
Birds’ last feeding
Soon
I go to sleep
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Now mid-fifties
Trying
To clean up eating habits
Considerably
Breakfast
Fresh Squeezed orange juice
Oatmeal
Topped
With
Chips of almonds
Shredded coconut
Wheat Germ
Blueberries
Wife says
“Relax
When you shave
You look mid-forties”
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August night
Tropical garden
Soft
Easterly
Atlantic Ocean breeze
Lighting small candles
Surrounding
Black marble Buddha
I begin to meditate
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Sunday
Afternoon
Hot charcoal briquettes
Sprinkled with Jack Daniel’s Whiskey barrel smoking chips
A couple of filet mignons
Wrapped with thick maple bacon strips
Ice cold Heineken beer
Romantic
Simple
Pleasures
We hold dear
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Praia
Copacabana
Rio
She said “Bon Dia”
Nighttime dancing & caipirinhas
Short time motel
Kisses & “tchau”
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Carrying plastic bags
Full of groceries
The pregnant mother
Slowly walked up the long stairway
While her two other young children
Followed closely behind
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Digging deep into the sidewalk trash can, the shabby dressed man found a copy of The Wall Street Journal.
Stepping onto the city bus, he sat down on one of the front seats and proceeded to read the newspaper, like he was an executive, on the way to a high-powered job.
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Late afternoon
Large
Green
Iguana
Crawling
Across
Polished Japanese black stones
Stops
Sniffs
Dead frog’s bones
Again starts moving its feet
Looking for plant treats
Climbs up Golden Hawaiian bamboo
Another creature that occupies the Hermit Poet’s tropical garden zoo
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Valley Of The Kings
Walking down into King Tut’s Tomb
Sign reads NO FLASH PHOTOS
Guard whispers into our ears
“Baksheesh
Baksheesh
No one else is here”
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Trimming
Leggy
Hibiscus tree
Two black butterflies
Fluttering
Between
Red Flowers, green leaves and me
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A man carries his sack on his back
Holding his thumb up
Hoping to catch a ride
To anywhere.
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Painting stepping stone walkway blue
Looks brand new
Cat walks across
Leaving paw prints
Giving me more work to do
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Walking along the beach
I find an empty conch shell
Holding it up to my ear
Listening
Reminds me
Impermanence
Is faraway yet also near
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Rusting metal chair
Covered with vines not alone
Far corner garden
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When asked for a nugget of wisdom
The very old man replied:
“Always be comfortable looking at yourself in the mirror”
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Large ancient ficus tree
One small leaf falls to ground
Life continues on
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Father and his son
Bonding while flying their kites
On Miami Beach
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Ants find comfy home
Inside folds of staghorn fern
Stuck on sea grape tree
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Bangkok
Busy Wat
Calm monk
Prays alone
While tourists come and go
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For a long time
Carried heavy load
Head always down
He forgot about the beautiful sky above him.
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Sailing on the ocean
Need open space
Sunny salt air has chiseled my face
Life on shore is a bore
Load up on supplies at the store
Free again once I leave port
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closing my eyes
chunks of metal shrapnel
flying at me
unable to sleep
rise up from bed
walk outside
trembling
I sit down on wet ground
trying to reboot my brain
look up to the sky
watch lightening
hear thunder
heavy rain washes away my pain
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Although tapping one finger at a time
Slows down my pace
My manual typewriter
Activates my creative state
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1 a.m.
Full Moon
Ax stuck into fallen coconut tree
Baby tree frog
Sits on top of metal blade
Patiently
Waiting for snacks
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Shaved head
Bellyful
Holding his cane
The garden stone Buddha
Laughing
Through rain and sun
Always having fun
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Droplets of rain fall
Beam of sunlight cuts through shade
Eastside of garden
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Snow falls on graveyard
Trees have lost all of their leaves
Tombstones standing guard
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Expanding web
Obstructing main garden pathway
I sit down
Observe Spider
Accumulate prime real estate
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Old bicycle
Rests against coffee shop window
Customers inside connected to Wi-Fi
Pedestrians outside walk by
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Shredded wood mulch
Spread
Between
Around
Stone walkway
Pink Plumeria flowers
Fall
Gently
Decorate
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Discount box store
Late model
Luxury
Automobile
Pulls into parking spot
Older man steps outside
Holding large designer bag
Unloads
Several
Empty
Wine bottles
Into shopping cart
Then drives away
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