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Category: buildings

Posted on November 19, 2025November 8, 2025

Witnessed By Barn Windows

in the meadow
tide lines
of seeds

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Posted on November 12, 2025November 8, 2025

Outside The Church Steeple

nature worships
with each leaf
a prayer

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Posted on November 9, 2025November 2, 2025

To Leave Is To Return

in the season
of seeds
everything is giving

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Posted on August 9, 2025August 3, 2025

Pergola

the roof of leaves
kaleidoscoping light
magic in the outside room

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Posted on July 27, 2025July 17, 2025

The Estate

bee balm bloom
by the blue door
a kind of coat of arms

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Posted on June 15, 2025June 4, 2025

Happiness

a smile spread
across the garden
pink azalea in bloom

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Posted on June 4, 2025May 22, 2025

The House Next Door

amongst the trees
their roof sheltering unknown
happinesses and heartbreak

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Posted on April 14, 2025April 13, 2025

The New Tradition

first flakes
of our April blizzard
mid-sixties tomorrow

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Posted on March 7, 2025March 2, 2025

Marshaled By Blue Sky

in the company
of blue sky and clouds
my strength gathers

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Posted on January 20, 2025January 15, 2025

Blue Barn Door

open wide
like the sky
welcome in the sun

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Posted on December 29, 2024December 18, 2024

A House For The Wind

racing in and out
the doors and windows
opened by absence

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Posted on December 2, 2024November 29, 2024

To Be Counted On

morning is a certainty
the colors of her sky
an eternal mystery

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Posted on November 16, 2024November 10, 2024

Wistful Windows

I see a longing
in the barns’ window eyes
unsure if it is theirs or mine

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Posted on November 13, 2024November 3, 2024

The Entry Is The Horn

the stairs
a cornucopia
abundance on Beacon Hill

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Posted on September 28, 2024September 23, 2024

Open To Change

there goes autumn
passing by
the back door

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Posted on September 20, 2024September 14, 2024

Round Bales

the hay harvest
rolling in
like a weather front

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Posted on September 5, 2024August 27, 2024

Weathered Boards

old barn
heart chamber
of the farm

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Posted on August 8, 2024July 31, 2024

The Garden Stairs

slowly we take the steps
reluctant to reach
the peak of bloom

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Posted on July 31, 2024July 20, 2024

House At The End Of Queen Anne’s Lane

a road of dirt
the flowers wild
this kingdom ruled by bees

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Posted on June 1, 2024May 26, 2024

To The Right And Left

here in the center
of the spring garden
hope materialized and amassed

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Posted on May 10, 2024May 4, 2024

Tender And True

more cherished for
winter’s long wait
spring’s hospitality of abundance

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Posted on March 9, 2024March 4, 2024

Reassurance

like an arm around its shoulder
the tree’s shadow
comforted the barn

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Posted on February 28, 2024February 23, 2024

Pieces

the barn became a puzzle
with weather and time taking pieces
waiting for hammer and saw to replace them

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Posted on February 26, 2024February 18, 2024

Renewal

beneath the dormant garden
lies the constant unseen work
of life

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Posted on February 24, 2024February 18, 2024

Winter Renewed

a small fresh snow
everything clean and coated
the landscape whitewashed

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Posted on February 14, 2024February 6, 2024

The Loving Landscape

red barn valentine
from the farm
to every passerby

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Posted on February 11, 2024February 3, 2024

Uncovered By Covering

after the snowfall
a tiny village
of teepees appeared

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Posted on February 5, 2024February 3, 2024

A Proclamation

they stepped 
out of the mist
declaring their togetherness

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Posted on January 31, 2024January 25, 2024

Winter Morning

the sun’s been up awhile
but beneath winter’s blanket
the landscape still slumbers

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Posted on January 27, 2024January 19, 2024

Juxtaposition

the surety of sharp lines
tempered by
the grace of curves

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