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Category: Nature

Posted on May 17, 2024January 2, 2025

One Among Many

oh to be a petal
in a community
that is a flower

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Posted on May 16, 2024May 8, 2024

River Bank Bloom

colors flowing
alongside
the river’s current

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Posted on May 15, 2024May 8, 2024

Repetition

hens and chicks
multiplying themselves
hue after hue

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Posted on May 14, 2024May 8, 2024

Swarm

like bees in a swarm
the trees industrious
in pollen production

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Posted on May 13, 2024May 8, 2024

Always Remembered For

your faithful return
each year
in a multitude of tininess

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Posted on May 12, 2024May 4, 2024

A Good Morning

sunshine and new blooms
the kind of day
that heals hearts

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Posted on May 11, 2024May 4, 2024

Expressions

the violas smile
so fresh and full
revel in their joyful greeting

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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 May 9, 2024May 4, 2024

Her Majesty

she wears
a crown of raindrops
crocus queen of spring

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Posted on May 8, 2024May 1, 2024

Hepatica

spring wander
in the woods
leads to fairyland

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Posted on May 7, 2024May 1, 2024

Trumpeting Joy

daffodils in part comprise
the cheering section
for spring

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Posted on May 6, 2024April 26, 2024

Bloodroot And Pinecones

the seasons a professor
giving lessons in how
beginnings and endings are entwined

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Posted on May 5, 2024April 26, 2024

Pretty Is As Pretty Does

magnificence incarnate
your humble name
carnation

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Posted on May 4, 2024April 26, 2024

Inspiration

a crimson fungi
foreshadowing
the trilliums bloom

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Posted on May 3, 2024April 26, 2024

Early Spring Party Guest

one of the first to arrive
forsythia’s hostess gift
the light of a flowering sun

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Posted on May 2, 2024April 26, 2024

Elegance

a flowering baton
conducting the first notes
of the symphony of spring

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Posted on May 1, 2024April 24, 2024

Another Kind Of Warmth

a beam
of daffodil sunshine
graces the hillside

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Posted on April 30, 2024April 24, 2024

Good Counsel

morning found me fragile
the crocus advised
of its potential

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Posted on April 29, 2024April 26, 2024

Right Sized In The Woods

Buddha sat
his moss cushion
made of granite

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Posted on April 28, 2024April 21, 2024

In The Greenhouse

immerse in
the color and scents of spring
still too fragile for outdoors

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Posted on April 27, 2024April 21, 2024

How To Strut In Place

like a peacock
pussy willow fans
its fuzzy plumage

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Posted on April 26, 2024April 18, 2024

Dreams At The River’s Edge

spring came
supple and green
winter threats were banished

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Posted on April 25, 2024April 18, 2024

First To Appear

glory of the snow
their bravery belies
their tiny size

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Posted on April 24, 2024April 18, 2024

Diversion

the beavers’ work
the field now
a vernal pond

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Posted on April 23, 2024April 18, 2024

Flowering Sunset

the night
unfurls herself
like a rose

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Posted on April 22, 2024April 18, 2024

Always With A Flourish

nothing
is ever too old
for the delight of ruffles

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Posted on April 21, 2024April 18, 2024

The Maples Blush

spring sky so blue
its depth
infinity

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Posted on April 20, 2024April 18, 2024

April On The Marsh

a small hole
in the cloud cover
blue breaking through

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Posted on April 19, 2024April 14, 2024

Brightened By

a joy like the joy
of seeing an old friend
the cheering effect of pansies

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Posted on April 18, 2024April 14, 2024

Souls Bared To The World

naked trees
in the golden meadow
strength in vulnerability

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