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Tag: leaves

Posted on October 30, 2024October 23, 2024

Blooming Accolade

a flowering crown
honoring the colors
the leaves have left behind

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Posted on October 6, 2024September 29, 2024

Chiaroscuro

the landscape exhales
as color and light
crack open the darkness

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Posted on October 3, 2024September 27, 2024

The Spirit Moves

between shimmer and shine
the transcendental curve
of the heron

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Posted on September 29, 2024September 23, 2024

A Tailored Day

below pinking-shear leaves
the wind zippering
across the water’s surface

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Posted on September 22, 2024September 15, 2024

A Glimmering Caught My Eye

the shimmer
in the shadows
reveals a tiny green rocket

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Posted on September 21, 2024September 14, 2024

Autumn Light Elucidated

red maple
leaves blazing
lightening in their veins

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Posted on September 7, 2024August 27, 2024

Temple

spires of the old tree
the mossy sacred stump
holy ground

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Posted on August 12, 2024August 3, 2024

A Fountain Of Leaves

the planted planter
a growing statuary
cascading green

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Posted on August 11, 2024August 10, 2024

Breakfast For Dinner

forest breakfast nook
pancakes sprouted
by the maple tree

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Posted on August 6, 2024August 5, 2024

Swept Clear

this fast moving sky
whisked away
all worries

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Posted on July 27, 2024July 15, 2024

Dependability

steady goes
petunia
stalwart in her blooms

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Posted on July 19, 2024July 12, 2024

Head Turner

columbine
in profile
no bad side

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Posted on July 7, 2024July 4, 2024

Fluidity

hosta leaves
embody water’s
waves and current

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Posted on May 18, 2024May 13, 2024

Azalea In Spring

spring’s verdant touch
awakens the valley
so many beginnings
the universe unfolding

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Posted on April 22, 2024April 18, 2024

Always With A Flourish

nothing
is ever too old
for the delight of ruffles

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Posted on April 11, 2024April 4, 2024

Right Angles

nature
the master
mathematician

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Posted on April 1, 2024March 30, 2024

Rooted Aspirations

like many tiny wings
the fluttering of a flock of leaves
do trees fly in their dreams?

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Posted on March 28, 2024March 24, 2024

Green Refuge In A Houseplant

petals or leaves
self or shadow
beauty is beauty

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Posted on March 15, 2024March 6, 2024

Seeking Touch

leaning out
the tree uproots
to reach across the river

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Posted on March 14, 2024March 6, 2024

River Art

a reflection
of the fluttering
leaves

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Posted on February 21, 2024February 18, 2024

Frond

a ray of light reached into the kitchen
highlighting every detail
of your design

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Posted on February 17, 2024February 12, 2024

Commence

in the warmth
of a February sun
poppies have begun

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Posted on January 14, 2024January 4, 2024

Winter Encaustic

fixed by cold
and held by ice
summer and autumn’s pigments

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Posted on January 5, 2024December 26, 2023

They Stay

leaves devoted to their branch
despite the wind and wilt
it must be love that keeps them there

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Posted on December 12, 2023November 30, 2023

Vigil

candles in the woods
the community of birch
stand by their fallen

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Posted on December 3, 2023November 25, 2023

Dance Of Transformation

supple and brittle
dancing on their stems
leaves dervish in the wind

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Posted on December 2, 2023November 25, 2023

A Litle Help From A Friend

the dear crabapple
lifting up the grey clouds
to let a little light in

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Posted on November 29, 2023November 25, 2023

First Course

ginko’s fallen leaves
salted with snow
fine dining for deer

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Posted on November 28, 2023November 25, 2023

The Rocks Discern

remains of the dark night’s flurry
a suggestion of
all that occurs unseen

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Posted on November 26, 2023November 19, 2023

Forever Reimbursing

the great outdoors
devoted to the enterprise of
feeding the earth for what comes next

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