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Posted on October 26, 2014October 20, 2014

Color is the Light

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orange and purple dawn
honored by the morning moon
color is the light of autumn’s days

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Posted on October 25, 2014October 20, 2014

Willow Chairs

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beneath the changing colors
with feet in a rainbow of leaves
these are the seats to spend time with time

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Posted on October 24, 2014October 20, 2014

Clean

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the flock bathes
in clear waters and pools of sunlight
splash splash community bath

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Posted on October 23, 2014October 20, 2014

Thirst

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edges drink the colors
of weather and time
which paint the leaves

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Posted on October 22, 2014October 20, 2014

Grazing

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delicious is
the final feast
of fresh grass

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Posted on October 21, 2014October 20, 2014

Color Divulged

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morning fog rolls out
revealing the days
new colors

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Posted on October 20, 2014October 12, 2014

Paradise

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bee’s nirvana
a pollen utopia
found in October

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Posted on October 19, 2014October 12, 2014

Present

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here now
heron holds tight
to the present moment

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Posted on October 18, 2014October 18, 2014

Fortification

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the landscape floods with color
and soaks into our every cell
fortifying us for winter’s long monochrome

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Posted on October 17, 2014October 12, 2014

Delphinium on Oak

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summer echoes
in the single bud
fallen from the vase

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Posted on October 16, 2014October 16, 2014

Fallen

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autumn’s accord
birch branch wears
the shadows of reeds

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Posted on October 15, 2014October 15, 2014

The Wind Is Monet’s Brush

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the changing light
the passage of the season
painted on the canvas of the pond

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Posted on October 14, 2014October 12, 2014

Red Dress

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The maple
in her red dress
turns heads

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Posted on October 13, 2014October 12, 2014

Balance

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on one leg or two
mallards balance
on a river log

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Posted on October 12, 2014October 8, 2014

Accumulation

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fall is for gathering
wood into stacks
and sheep into flocks

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Posted on October 11, 2014October 8, 2014

Last Song

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late blooms sing
a yellow serenade
to summer and her sunshine

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Posted on October 10, 2014October 7, 2014

Beauty’s Work

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pink veined
form follows function
in the leaf’s architecture

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Posted on October 9, 2014October 7, 2014

Challenge

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competitive dahlia
challenges fall’s colors
with her October bloom and bud

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Posted on October 8, 2014October 7, 2014

The Kingdom

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the heron presides
over his kingdom’s
changing colors

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Posted on October 7, 2014October 5, 2014

Preen

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pretty is
as
pretty does

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Posted on October 6, 2014October 5, 2014

Augury

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shade foreshadows winter
waiting in the wings of fall

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Posted on October 5, 2014October 4, 2014

A Gate With A View

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the world awaits
outside the garden gate

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Posted on October 4, 2014September 28, 2014

Kaleidoscope

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kalos eidos
beautiful beauty
to be seen

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Posted on October 3, 2014September 28, 2014

Sunlit

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a grace note
of autumn light
plays upon the lily pond

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Posted on October 2, 2014September 28, 2014

Insomnia

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before the toad
is ready to retire
the garden is put to bed

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Posted on October 1, 2014September 28, 2014

Mapped

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the continents
of some brave new world
are mapped upon the leaf

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Posted on September 30, 2014September 28, 2014

Infinity

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a gathering
of dew drops
individuality transcended

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Posted on September 29, 2014September 28, 2014

Glide

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in a silent world
where the self is heard
motion is effortless

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Posted on September 28, 2014September 27, 2014

Revealed

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nature reflects
the whole
of everything

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Posted on September 27, 2014September 21, 2014

Carrying the Torch

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as the sun retreats
yellow petaled flowers
carry the torch for summer’s shine

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