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Tag: leaf

Posted on April 20, 2017April 16, 2017

Rush


months of stillness
liberated by
the freeing sun

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Posted on April 15, 2017April 12, 2017

The Usefulness Of Everything


bark, branch and leaf
pay their debt to the earth
with themselves

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Posted on April 10, 2017April 4, 2017

Elemental

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water, leaf and shadow
elemental mosaic
of mud season

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Posted on March 28, 2017March 21, 2017

Strength


spring’s
green shoulders
holding up the sky

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Posted on March 12, 2017March 10, 2017

Many Ways of Faith


druid’s lent
the purple leaf
a passion to believe

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Posted on March 1, 2017February 25, 2017

Leaf and Twig

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both separated
from the tree
yet still entwined

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Posted on November 16, 2016November 15, 2016

Assurance

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with just
a little warmth
life springs forth

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Posted on November 1, 2016October 30, 2016

Portrayal

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designed by time
colors and lines
fallen fall

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Posted on October 11, 2016October 9, 2016

Repose

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beauty
in the ending
life wholly given

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Posted on October 4, 2016October 2, 2016

Shadow Bloom

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backdrop of self
the play of light and shadow
a double bloom

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Posted on August 12, 2016August 8, 2016

Growing Droplets

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diminutive ones
ride the curve
to coalescence

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Posted on August 9, 2016August 8, 2016

Be The Way

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blue hosta leaf
lines leading to the start
of the universe

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Posted on July 23, 2016July 19, 2016

Another Frontier

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new galaxy
found on the ground
lily pad houses black holes

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Posted on May 30, 2016May 22, 2016

Assured

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pretty is
as pretty does
believes the flowering leaf

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Posted on May 19, 2016May 18, 2016

Beseeching

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bloodroot’s leaf
clasped in prayer
beseeching blooms

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Posted on February 24, 2016March 5, 2016

Entrance

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not broken by the places
the world has worn through
new entrances for grace

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Posted on December 19, 2015December 17, 2015

Edges

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in the places
where we meet
we find who we are

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Posted on December 13, 2015December 9, 2015

Wind

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fast moving sky
the world rushes by
a leaf holds tight to home

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Posted on December 6, 2015December 6, 2015

Scripture

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holy writ
the leaf stem
records woodland days

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Posted on September 14, 2015September 13, 2015

Relativity

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in the velocity of observation
it is the small that gives
grandeur to the larger

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Posted on September 10, 2015September 5, 2015

Suggestion

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wild geranium
suggests to the trees
the new season of colors has begun

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Posted on September 7, 2015September 5, 2015

Tie Dye

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ancient art
magenta and chartreuse
on a fabric of life

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Posted on September 4, 2015September 2, 2015

Life Blood

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wet from rain
chard veins
pulse with life

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Posted on June 20, 2015June 12, 2015

A Thought That Knew, A Look That Saw

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like the thought
that changes perception and reality
a ray of light
illuminates the leaf’s simple complexities

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Posted on May 8, 2015May 5, 2015

Alike

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the leaf’s
life story is told
in age spots and veins

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Posted on February 1, 2015January 25, 2015

Largess

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the long shadow
of a small leaf
such is the way
of kindness

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Posted on January 23, 2015January 17, 2015

New Horizons

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winter caresses
the line of the limb
the reach of the branch
every new horizon

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Posted on January 20, 2015January 17, 2015

Ephemeral Beauty

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snowflakes cleave
to the ephemeral beauty
of the leaf’s disintegration

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Posted on December 29, 2014December 30, 2014

Dance Again

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early winter thaw
snow releasing its embrace
soon the freed the oak leaf
can dance with the wind
once again

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Posted on November 7, 2014November 6, 2014

Within

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the single leaf
contains all of fall’s
colors and transitions

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