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Issue #228, Marshall Mesa, November 13, 2022, haiku by Jonathan Machen, Sara Benson and Patrick Lynn.




Mighty cottonwood
Blackened from the Marshall fire
Trunk peeled open



Erosion and fire
Scars that denude the landscape
Calm November day



Three-thirteen p.m.
On November the thirteenth
Walking through burnt trees



Almost caramelized
Spidery burnt black branches
Mountain bikers pass



Close to the ground
The earth tones of winter
Give way to purples and reds



Years later the
Fire raged through this old stone house
Remnants standing strong



Up on the hilltop
Remnants of an old stone house
A great man was born here



Up close with the weeds
Briars and broken branches
This windswept mesa



My phone is dead
So I'll just have to
Enjoy the pale purple grass



Perfect timing
Each step sends
A cloud of seeds floating



Deer-flattened grass
Silver-green in the last
Light of a late fall day



That Rolling Stones song
Mixing with the traffic noise
Ear worms in my mind



Last time I was here
Feeling quite messed up
Now I'm pretty good







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