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Where observation and imagination meet nature in poetry.

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Category: Nature

Posted on August 28, 2025August 22, 2025

The Day Starts With Conversation

crows
in the field
morning corn klatch

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Posted on August 27, 2025August 22, 2025

Heat

these coneflowers
an inferno
of color

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Posted on August 26, 2025August 22, 2025

Secret Passage

only we know
the feet that tread these stairs
in twos and fours

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Posted on August 25, 2025August 15, 2025

Like Life

the tide withdrew
and left behind
hard and soft combined

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Posted on August 24, 2025August 15, 2025

Falling Into Blue

the sky, the ocean
and the shade too
all falling into blue

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Posted on August 23, 2025August 15, 2025

Seaside Community

on the rocks
a barnacle enclave of tiny homes
by neighboring mollusks residing in shells

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Posted on August 22, 2025August 15, 2025

The Lap Of Eternity

resting on shore
each wave
a breath

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Posted on August 21, 2025August 15, 2025

It Wasn’t Grey

amidst
the black and white
the green of things

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Posted on August 20, 2025August 15, 2025

Pollen Painted

in the high heat
August fields fill with
goldenrod and dry grass

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Posted on August 19, 2025August 15, 2025

Layers

the birch sheds
her bark cocoon
revelation after revelation

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Posted on August 18, 2025August 12, 2025

The Garden’s Guardian

presiding over
this convent of flowers
dedicated protector of insects and blooms

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Posted on August 17, 2025August 12, 2025

Blue Diamonds

glinting
with sunshine
and raindrops

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Posted on August 16, 2025August 8, 2025

Thistle’s Gaze

in a blink
thistle eyes look
through lavender lashes

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Posted on August 15, 2025August 8, 2025

Water And Granite

steadfast in opposite ways
the durability of granite
married to the fluidity of water

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Posted on August 14, 2025August 8, 2025

Blooming Like A Starry Night

one white star
shining in
the purple petal sky

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Posted on August 13, 2025August 8, 2025

Marsh Concerto

plunk and peep of frogs
whispers in the reeds
songs sung by leaves

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Posted on August 12, 2025August 8, 2025

A Beauty And Her Beauty

a jewel
in her crown
butterfly alights on coneflower

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Posted on August 11, 2025August 3, 2025

Markers

side by side
the pyramid and cairn
left to hold a place in time

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Posted on August 10, 2025August 3, 2025

Face Of The Fallen Log

surprise
at the softness
of the pine needle landing

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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 August 8, 2025August 3, 2025

Winged Reverence

the cardinal bows
his head in prayer
blessing the bowl
and the water it holds

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Posted on August 7, 2025August 3, 2025

One Drew Me In

finely feather flower
your enchanting charisma
blurs the other blooms

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Posted on August 6, 2025July 29, 2025

The Rooted Path

tree roots lattice the path
gentle stairs we ascend
in our journey towards the light

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Posted on August 5, 2025July 29, 2025

At The Edge Of Sleep

a dream
passed by
in the blue and pink sky

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Posted on August 4, 2025July 29, 2025

Watching Light Dance On The Water

deep in the quiet woods
by the unhurried water
my soul rejuvenates

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Posted on August 3, 2025July 29, 2025

Contemplating The Leaf

repetitions
of line
how intricacies expand

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Posted on August 2, 2025July 29, 2025

Uncontainable

shoulder to shoulder
the flowers a joyful gathering
asking us to do the same

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Posted on August 1, 2025July 29, 2025

The Brightening

fuchsia lanterns
preparing to cast
their petal light

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Posted on July 31, 2025July 23, 2025

Vulnerabilities

pink plastic flamingos
their only predators
the elements, time and asethics

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Posted on July 30, 2025July 23, 2025

The Green Interpreter

consuming the color spectrum
and translating it
into a multitude of greens

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