sherku: Lowell 3

Thoughtfully
touching air
she signs the lyrics
to "hand writing
on the wall"



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Inspired by the 25th Annual Lowell Folk Festival

sherku: Lowell 2

There is so much
joy in the
a cappella voices
of Birmingham
Sunlight



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Inspired by the 25th Annual Lowell Folk Festival

sherku: Lowell 1

Spreading sun screen
on barely tanned
shoulders she
stands swaying
her sleek black shift


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Inspired by the 25th Annual Lowell Folk Festival

sherku: the gist

Steve Farber
“do what you love
in the service
of people who love
what you do”


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A "found" poem as it all comes from Steve Farber's renewed book Radical Leap

sherku: twirling

she had one hand
on the wheel driving
other hand twirling
a strand of hair


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sherku: stirring

stirring he motions
reaches for paper
to write a note
about where he was



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sherku: too close

Elderly airport
travel today
is not made for
making close
connections


Dolores and I recently took her parents to Roanoke, VA for a family wedding. Our travel experiences were similar to those written up very well by Ronni Bennett:
http://www.timegoesby.net/weblog/2011/07/air-travel-and-elders.html



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sherku: Bent Mountain Lodge

scenic B and B
she is friendly
he is mister
congeniality


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sherku: Blue Man

This man’s not 
Blue in Franklin 
Over nine hundred 
Performances 
He loves it

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This was discovered in 'draft' mode and should have been published along with the interview of Matt Greene.
http://franklinmatters.blogspot.com/2011/04/this-man-is-not-blue-in-franklin.html

sherku: lesson

today’s lesson
you travel some place
different yet
all seems familiar



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sherku: their turn

the last lawn mower
rolled away
and kids began
playing games
in the yard


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sherku: wedding

Laura let
Jeremy get
away the first time
wasn't about to
this time


For Laura and Jeremy!

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