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@mockingbird530.bsky.social
I’m a poet, naturalist, and freelance journalist. At 73, I still work a day job 4 days a week, just to survive.
The rest of my time is spent creating art and writing. Follow me here and on Subtack.
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A poem and some brief comments on books briefly reviewed.
My Poem in the Tennessee Vocies Anthology
And Other Recently Received Publications
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December 11, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Hilton Pond North - a newsletter of natural history.
www.hiltonpondnorth.org
Hilton Pond North: Blue Ridge Birds & Nature
The integrated mission of Hilton Pond North: Blue Ridge Birds & Nature is to
www.hiltonpondnorth.org
December 11, 2025 at 11:07 AM
chapter16.org
A statewide literary newsletter from Humanities Tennessee, USA.
chapter16.org
December 11, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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What Doesn't Kill You Mutates And Tries Again.

#COVIDisNotOver #COVIDisAirborne #CleanAir #MaskUp😷
December 8, 2025 at 5:38 AM
From Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Wall.

2. Migrating Red-winged Blackbirds impaled themselves on slats erected on the U.S.–Mexico border. The Department of Homeland Security
declared the nation safe -- from blackbirds.

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Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Wall
A poem first published years ago.
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December 8, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Firewood (A Pantoum)

1

Before the old oak falls, for years it stands

in soil born of leaves that worms cast out.

Birds break worms’ bodies in their beaks.

Old branches break and fall to snowy ground.
December 8, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Christmas Tree Village, Chattanooga, Tennessee.
December 7, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The accidental garden
December 5, 2025 at 9:23 AM
December 5, 2025 at 9:21 AM
December 5, 2025 at 9:20 AM
What the Creek Told Me (A Pantoum)

1

Where water moves between two banks

Swimming fish feed on smaller fry.

Cane grows straight and tall above the current.

A tall boy cuts cane to make a pole.
December 5, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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A drone fly on a Stoke's aster flower 🌱🐝

#InsectThursday #BugSky #Bloomscrolling #ThrowbackThursday
December 4, 2025 at 12:34 PM
All in the same boat.
December 3, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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From ‘Correct Animal’ (2011)
—Rebecca Farivar

#poetry #poem #booksky
December 1, 2025 at 8:45 PM