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Tag: flower

Posted on May 31, 2023January 14, 2025

Happiness

small and simple
yet a delight of details
waiting to catch your attention

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Posted on May 29, 2023May 27, 2023

Friends Together

happy trillium faces
peeking out between
solomon seal’s long legs

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Posted on May 27, 2023May 23, 2023

Proximity

perhaps it was the wind
that transferred a touch of flaming red
to your buttery petals

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Posted on May 26, 2023May 23, 2023

Spring Visited The Nightstand

as tender administrations
of fragrance and delicacy
to accompany waking and dreaming

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Posted on May 24, 2023May 14, 2023

Shadow And Light

in their differences
how they amplify and echo
each other

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Posted on May 20, 2023May 14, 2023

Dear Ephemerals

the sweetness sweeter
for the shortness
of their stay

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Posted on May 19, 2023May 14, 2023

Bulbs And Cords

the seasons ever adjacent
tulips a banner of colors
brightening the wood pile

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Posted on May 18, 2023May 14, 2023

Summoning The Power To Bloom

an untold number
of miracles
must converge

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Posted on May 17, 2023May 14, 2023

Spring Dreams

all the world in bloom
and emanating
the green glow of hope

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Posted on May 10, 2023April 30, 2023

Welcome, Welcome

forsythia in bloom
throwing open
the proverbial garden gate

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Posted on May 7, 2023April 30, 2023

Primrose

blooming at my feet
before the weather reliably warms
lightening and brightening each step

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Posted on May 6, 2023April 30, 2023

Filagree Of Spring

each leaf and flower unfurling
a revelation of details and hues
spring in the woods making her masterpiece

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Posted on May 5, 2023April 30, 2023

Performance In May

amidst a chorus of violas
hyacinth the prima donna
claims center stage

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Posted on May 3, 2023April 30, 2023

Twinkling On A Still Dormant Shrub

stars that never dim
blooms of perpetuity
remains of the azaleas

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Posted on May 1, 2023April 25, 2023

Flowered Flight

mariposa
my magnolia
a bloom of butterflies

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Posted on April 29, 2023April 25, 2023

They Make The Sunshine

let the flowers
light
the way

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Posted on April 17, 2023April 13, 2023

Joy

sometimes joy leaps up
in my heart
like crocus from the ground

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Posted on March 27, 2023March 20, 2023

The Blossom’s Gaze

a bit
of lavender wistfulness
the longing to be outside

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Posted on March 22, 2023March 16, 2023

Satellite

receiving instructions
from last summer
on future destinations

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Posted on March 12, 2023March 6, 2023

Amarylis Did

with her stamens
she motioned me closer
come admire my details

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Posted on March 4, 2023March 2, 2023

My Orange Sun

warming me
with color
on these gray days

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Posted on February 25, 2023February 20, 2023

Power

forcing bulbs seem
to speed the arrival
of spring

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Posted on January 21, 2023January 17, 2023

Oh To Be

full of light
and flourishing
in the dead of winter

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Posted on January 6, 2023January 2, 2023

Shouting Out

a jubilation in red
amaryllis welcomes
the new year

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Posted on December 13, 2022December 10, 2022

The Self Defense Of Propogation

like porcupines
coneflowers throw their seed-quills
for self preservation

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Posted on November 11, 2022November 1, 2022

Summer Will Not Be Forgotten

a final
brilliant bloom
burned into memory

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Posted on November 9, 2022November 1, 2022

Steadfast

while garden beds are sleeping
there’s you blooming
in grand abundance

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Posted on October 30, 2022October 25, 2022

Reward

brought inside
before the hard frost
a bloom of recompence

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Posted on October 28, 2022October 17, 2022

To The Hydrangea

cold
is a kind
of coloring stick

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Posted on October 20, 2022October 11, 2022

A Bloom Near Winter’s Edge

once one of many
now the last remaining
ending with a beginning

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