Lindsay Smith Poems

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1.
Stiff Wind

We stumbled often on the stubble from sunrise until dusk
grabbing fescue sheaves under each arm
standing back to the wind
to thrust the stalk butts into the earth
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2.
Sponge

the chatter of children
on the morning of Christ's emergence
& a cat scratching at the door
seeking the comfort of flames
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3.
To My Grand Daughter

At three weeks we took you out
to Sizzlers to celebrate
& you cried most of the time
so Grandma leaving her dinner
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4.
Gliding

gliding spontaneously without reason or desire
no thought of being right or anything else
herons skimming over water
signwriters painting a banner
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5.
Lover's Pendant

Lifted up by a slight breeze she spun off
floating away like fine chaff
but he with his feet stuck in the web
dangled upside down for many oblivious nights
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6.
Rutting Aura

per sepia
a paradozy to acanaemics

up again in the heat of spring
& the grass was parched last summer
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7.
Blue Rinse

'I am one of those people who let's life wash over me'
an old classmate said that to me after rehearsal
at the Playhouse in the early 60s
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8.
Where Is Your Place?

That day the tiny flies that are the native honey bees
licked our skin for salt & it tickled.

So the kids searched for the hive high in a tree
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9.
Nature's Way

sun flowers rise elegantly at dawn
saluting the sun
their faces follow our golden orb all day
crossing the fields
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10.
Out!

Shoulder Under Arm Put

Breezes Cleanser
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