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Tag: flower

Posted on August 14, 2023July 30, 2023

A Song Of Summer

shadow and light
perform a dappled dance
stepping to August’s tune

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Posted on August 12, 2023July 30, 2023

World Within A World

the garden
abstracted by rain
a new understanding of interconnectedness

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Posted on August 11, 2023July 30, 2023

Evolution Of A Bloom

opened and yet closed
the very center
still to reveal all its complexities

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Posted on August 8, 2023July 30, 2023

In The Flowering Meadow

in tandem
the soft caress of blossoms
the hum of insects busy
doing the work of the world

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Posted on August 7, 2023July 23, 2023

Brown Eyed Butterfly

at the center of the day
one moment
perfectly balanced

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Posted on August 3, 2023July 23, 2023

What Friends Do

the lily
happy to be
susan’s umbrella

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Posted on July 29, 2023July 23, 2023

Simplicity

unencumbered
by pretension
pure perfection

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Posted on July 26, 2023July 15, 2023

Dawning Rose

she opens
lightening and brightening
expanding into the whole of the day

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Posted on July 22, 2023July 15, 2023

A Heart Can Hold Everything

shadow bird
perched inside
the lily’s heart

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Posted on July 18, 2023July 3, 2023

Location, Location, Location

birds too admire
a dooryard full
of flowers

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Posted on July 15, 2023July 3, 2023

An Insects Fair

cotton candy bee balm
one of many of
the outside’s delights

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Posted on July 13, 2023July 3, 2023

Welcome

on the potted porch
a hospitality of flowers perched
the door to beauty flung wide

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Posted on July 12, 2023July 3, 2023

Still Serving The Birds

the tree-spa stump
now host to
bath and beverage

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Posted on July 11, 2023July 3, 2023

Basking

washed with heat
colors cleaned
spirit revived

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Posted on July 9, 2023July 3, 2023

Explorers Dare Encounter

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petal-jawed garden dragons
who feast on rain
and daydreams

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Posted on July 5, 2023July 3, 2023

Grace

the peony
bowed by the rains
dignity exemplified

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Posted on July 4, 2023June 22, 2023

Striking Poses

so many sides to you
each new view
a revelation

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Posted on July 2, 2023July 2, 2023

Oceans Of Color

in the deep pink sea
peonies undulate
their stamen anemone

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Posted on June 28, 2023June 14, 2023

To Make Friends

life presents us two companions
joy and sorrow
our task is to hold their hands simultaneously

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Posted on June 26, 2023June 14, 2023

Performance Artists

raindrop acrobats
balance on the petal edge
defiant of gravity

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Posted on June 25, 2023June 25, 2023

A Fleeting Fame

duet of iris
took their moment
in the sun

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Posted on June 24, 2023June 14, 2023

Many Named Sweetheart

each pink purse
filled with love
for the world

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Posted on June 23, 2023June 12, 2023

Mountain Flower

blooming in the woods
for the delight
of trees

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Posted on June 22, 2023June 12, 2023

Promise

a preview of pink
before petals can
even imagine individuation

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Posted on June 21, 2023June 12, 2023

The Saving Sunshine

banished now the dreary dread
of March through May’s gray
by pansy light and luminous leaves

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Posted on June 20, 2023June 10, 2023

Commencement

some say white
is not a color
but a beginning

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Posted on June 18, 2023June 18, 2023

Sharing Blossoms

to catch a butterfly’s eye
be still enough to recognize
a kindred spirit

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Posted on June 16, 2023June 4, 2023

The Naked Eye A Telescope

sighting the shadow of a star
I discovered
a purple constellation

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Posted on June 12, 2023June 4, 2023

Let A Flower Be Your Mirror

peering into Johnny’s face
admiring his tiny yellow freckles of pollen
I can almost see my own beauty

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Posted on June 10, 2023May 28, 2023

On the Terrace

even the granite
is somehow softened by the wind
and columbine’s enchanting dance

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