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November 6: Election Day — Kristen Lindquist
Unless you've been living as a hermit in a cave for the past six months or more, you cannot have escaped the intrusive media frenzy that is election season....
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December 26: Driving home — Kristen Lindquist
just ten degrees miles and miles of snowy fields only one crow flying
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7 February 2024 (the new doctor) — Kristen Lindquist
the new doctor doesn’t introduce herself . . . antiseptic sky
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Elizabeth Bishop — Book of Days — Kristen Lindquist
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April 27: Bryant Park — Kristen Lindquist
Keep off the new sod, so we sit next to the grass and take pictures. Posted with Blogsy
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26 February 2026 (a run of red lights) — Kristen Lindquist
a run of red lights on the drive home from work late winter stars
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16 February 2023 (travel) — Kristen Lindquist
travel journal from the airplane window a river’s scrawls
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23 February 2024 (late winter rain) — Kristen Lindquist
late winter rain a scrap of snow hangs on to a turkey track
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November 4: Urban birding — Kristen Lindquist
Joined two friends for a day of birding in Portland. They know the area well and were familiar with all the pockets of vacant lots, community gardens, and...
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18 January 2025 (clear and cold) — Kristen Lindquist
clear and cold a porcupine looks down from high in the hemlock
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22 May 2023 - ISLAND is here! — Kristen Lindquist
ISLAND is here! This is my first full-length and only non-virtual haiku collection, published by Red Moon Press. I’m really proud of this collection of haiku...
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5 September 2023 (morning heat) — Kristen Lindquist
morning heat the neighbor’s cat waits under our feeders
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18 March 2020 (fresh path) — Kristen Lindquist
a fresh path the south-facing slope free of snow
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https://www.kristenlindquist.com/blog/2015/05/may-23-while-listening-to-woodcocks.html
May 23: While listening to woodcocks after sunset — Kristen Lindquist
Island constellation: Jupiter, crescent moon, Venus, lighthouse. Posted with Blogsy
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Thanksgiving — Book of Days — Kristen Lindquist
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23 April 2019 (NYC) — Kristen Lindquist
spring sunlight filtering into the canyon fifth avenue
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4 February 2022 (ice storm) — Kristen Lindquist
ice storm something not a bird knocks at the suet
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28 April 2025 (a deep bow) — Kristen Lindquist
a deep bow into their fragrance . . . mayflowers
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17 February 2019 (stream) — Kristen Lindquist
moon-viewing dark slash of the stream running through snow
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10 May 2024 (alewives running) — Kristen Lindquist
alewives running the river in the warbler’s song
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June 5: Phoebe — Kristen Lindquist
neighborhood phoebe’s regular perch on our lawn chair
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October 15: Hamlet — Kristen Lindquist
Tonight we saw the National Theatre of London's intriguing performance of "Hamlet" streamed live, starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Hamlet. After the play ends,...
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22 May 2024 (clearing skies) — Kristen Lindquist
clearing skies three bluebird fledglings crowd a branch
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5 March 2024 (the quails’ calls) — Kristen Lindquist
the quails’ calls as they fly to the brush pile . . . afternoon shadows
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14 December 2019 (flood) — Kristen Lindquist
climate change the gift of spring floods for the holidays
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https://www.kristenlindquist.com/blog/2014/05/may-1-may-begins-with-rain.html
May 1: May begins with rain — Kristen Lindquist
I want to shelter it in my cupped hands-- rain-bedraggled chickadee.
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19 June 2022 (Monhegan) — Kristen Lindquist
Monhegan cliffs between here and Europe one fishing boat
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15 October 2025 (passing heron) — Kristen Lindquist
passing heron — the old farmhouse windows boarded up
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11 March 2023 (sandpipers) — Kristen Lindquist
dogging sandpipers to the breakwater’s end high tide waves
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August 23: Solace of crickets — Kristen Lindquist
awake early even with earplugs in soothing chorus of crickets Posted with Blogsy
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June 2: Catbird seat — Kristen Lindquist
freedom of choice sitting on the porch to listen to the catbird
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26 February 2024 (through socks) — Kristen Lindquist
through socks the cold of the floor snow moon
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8 April 2019 (robin) — Kristen Lindquist
spring snow across our front doorstep tracks of a robin
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August 31: Boot Head Preserve — Kristen Lindquist
On the final day of our birding tour in Down East Maine, we visited Maine Coast Heritage Trust's Boot Head Preserve in Lubec, which features a bog,...
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9 October 2023 (massing) — Kristen Lindquist
massing beyond the border autumn rainclouds
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March 29: Loon — Kristen Lindquist
almost ice-out calls overhead of a loon flying inland
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16 July 2022 (cool of dawn) — Kristen Lindquist
cool of dawn . . . two crows pick their way across the yard
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January 22: Leaf — Kristen Lindquist
moment of panic skittering across snow an oak leaf
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4 July 2022 (poppy) — Kristen Lindquist
visiting my neighbor’s peach-pink poppies a honeybee and I
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October 15: Warm Spell — Kristen Lindquist
Still warm at dusk. A bat flits overhead. What else will we lose? Posted with Blogsy
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10 February 2022 (breakwater) — Kristen Lindquist
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December 22: To Canada — Kristen Lindquist
long drive north are we following the road or the crows
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August 30: Crickets — Kristen Lindquist
The chirping of crickets, called stridulation, is a result of the insect rubbing the two parts of his wings together. Only males make this music—to attract and...
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