Sonny Rainshine Poems

A willow leaf flutters in the wind,
loosens and drops into the thrusting
current below.
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Picture a meadow
sheathed in snow.
Imagine the glow
of a rainbow
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Bobby Bolt declines
invitations and dines
by himself on silver plates
behind electrified gates.
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He was arrested for hitting the nail on the head.
The plaintiff, a 2 and 1/4 inch (7d)
blunt diamond point with a counter-sink,
was said to have had a history of litigious behavior.
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A little boy found a blue rock
in the street.
He showed it to his mother
who believed it to be very valuable,
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I planted honeysuckle
and trumpet vine.
The hummingbird did not return that year.
So I planted honeysuckle
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Dandelions are rare.
It is rare to find a living thing
with so much tenacity,
so much joie de vivre.
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My sister not long ago suggested
that we rent a car and make a visit
to the house where we grew up.
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His son, eight years old,
held out his perfect hand
in which lay five perfect stones
that he had gathered from the river bank.
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Blackened windows, rectangle
cavities, naked, screaming
like open mouths
of beings strangled,
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