Archive for the ‘Poetry’ Category

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Oklahoma – A Haiku

Off the redbud tree

Scissor-tailed fly-catcher flies

In the Sooner State

2013 Albert Moyer, Jr.

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Ohio – A Haiku

Ohio Buckeyes

Smell the Scarlet Carnations

Red cardinals sing.

2013 Albert Moyer, Jr.

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North Dakota – A Haiku

The wild prairie roses

Western meadowlark’s on elms

Sioux call the state friend

2013 Albert Moyer, Jr.

 

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North Carolina – A Haiku

Cardinals, Dogwoods,

To be, rather than to seem

The one, Tar Heel State.

2013 Albert Moyer, Jr.

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New York – A Haiku

Sweet sugar maples,

Roses, blue birds, Empire State.

The excelsior.

2013 Albert Moyer, Jr.

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New Mexico – A Haiku

Run fast road runner

Hide behind the Pinyon Pines

and Yucca Flower.

2013 Albert Moyer, Jr.

 

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New Jersey – A Haiku

Capitol Trenton

Goldfinch, violets, red oaks,

See The Garden State.

2013 Albert Moyer, Jr.

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New Hampshire – A Haiku

See the Paper Birch,

Purple finch, Purple lilacs,

and Live Free Of Die.

2013 Albert Moyer, Jr.

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Nevada – A Haiku

Desert and Sagebrush

Sin city and casino’s

All for our country.

2013 Albert Moyer, Jr.

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Nebraska – A Haiku

Western Meadowlark’s

Goldenrod and cottonwoods

The Cornhusker State.

2013 Albert Moyer, Jr.