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Category: buildings

Posted on March 9, 2019March 6, 2019

As Earth Sleeps Beneath Her Blanket Of Snow


blue sky
issues an invitation
to awaken

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Posted on March 8, 2019March 6, 2019

We Don’t Let The Weather Slow Us Down


generations
of tractor seats
adorn the family barn

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Posted on December 3, 2018November 30, 2018

Classic New England


time
standing still
at the estate’s boundary

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Posted on November 21, 2018November 16, 2018

More Than Plenty


abundance
so great
we see nothing else

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Posted on September 21, 2018September 15, 2018

White Castle


in the white castle
resides the white mite
awaiting his parasite princess

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Posted on September 4, 2018September 1, 2018

Little Orange Village


fairies
destination vacation
spot

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Posted on July 3, 2018July 2, 2018

Cheered On By The Evening Primrose


clematis arch
find’s its
angle of repose

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Posted on June 21, 2018June 13, 2018

The Disappearing Barn


seasons
pass through
memories remain

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Posted on June 14, 2018June 7, 2018

Love’s Labor


tools
of tending and caring
await their service

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Posted on May 19, 2018May 16, 2018

Passageway


through darkness
into light
the journey’s substance

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Posted on May 2, 2018April 30, 2018

Avowed


house and barns
married the sky
to its homeland

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Posted on February 8, 2018February 2, 2018

Sweet Farm Life


winter rose
rusted red roofs
early rural valentine

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Posted on February 1, 2018January 28, 2018

Destination Spring


winter rides
the pony swing
galloping towards spring

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Posted on December 31, 2017December 25, 2017

Inside


we gather
together in the warmth
of each other

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Posted on December 17, 2017December 16, 2017

In Winter’s Grey


patch of light
in the field out back
salvation

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Posted on November 9, 2017November 6, 2017

Past Particles


orbs
in the old barn
remnants of the past captured

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Posted on November 7, 2017October 31, 2017

Barn Roof


nestled together
hip to hip
ridge and pitch

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Posted on May 7, 2017May 2, 2017

Good Night, Good Night


the day put to bed
with a thousand kisses from the sky
sweet dreams wished for the world

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Posted on January 5, 2017January 2, 2017

Discernment

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sunlight and shadows
the only guests received
preservation of retreat

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Posted on November 24, 2016November 21, 2016

Home Together

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place
made known
by stone and heart

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Posted on November 12, 2016November 7, 2016

Dwelling

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the old barn
is history’s house
home of every season’s work

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Posted on April 23, 2016April 23, 2016

Saddled Up

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swayback shed
saddled by the sky
ridden by time

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Posted on April 17, 2016April 10, 2016

Smokehouse

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the cure
for hunger
is preservation

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Posted on April 4, 2016April 3, 2016

Brief Glimpse

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the lay of the land
appeared in the sky
as gentle mountains rise
above the crashing ocean waves

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Posted on April 3, 2016April 1, 2016

Oxblood Clapboard

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use it up
wear it out
make it do
or do without

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Posted on March 31, 2016March 28, 2016

Testimony

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still standing
our wise elder testifies
to beauty’s endurance

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Posted on March 11, 2016March 7, 2016

Deep Rest

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fatigued
the old ladder
bows to the ground

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Posted on February 28, 2016February 21, 2016

Steps to Change

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in the woods
the corner waited
to be turned

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Posted on February 25, 2016February 21, 2016

Metamorphosis

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winter’s icy caterpillar
gestates spring’s
tender wings of color

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Posted on February 22, 2016February 24, 2016

Rock of Ages

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the ancient rock
with its sleepy eye
watches all of time
travel by

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