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Tag: monochrome

Posted on March 10, 2026March 2, 2026

Black And White

winter carves
sharp edges
into time

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Posted on February 24, 2026February 16, 2026

Find One In The Other

frost at work
making both
needles and hay

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Posted on January 24, 2025January 20, 2025

The River Tide

the frothing edge
of each wave of cold
etched in ice

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Posted on March 20, 2024March 11, 2024

Leave-taking

nearly translucent
the unveiling of
beauty’s fragility

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Posted on March 2, 2021February 26, 2021

Monochrome

on certain days
not even the light
offers light

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Posted on June 5, 2019June 3, 2019

River Crossing


ripples reveal
the zig zag ways
of paddling paws

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Posted on February 24, 2019February 22, 2019

Devotion To Grey


late February days
when daytime
feels like twilight

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Posted on February 16, 2019February 15, 2019

Ice storm


in the shine
of the woods
winter days slipping by

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Posted on November 2, 2018October 29, 2018

Wings


the hope
of flight
not without effort

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Posted on April 11, 2018April 6, 2018

Wonder of the Wallow


being one with
the great fertile earth
oh the magic of mud

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Posted on March 22, 2018March 18, 2018

Brightened By


love letter
from a long lost paramour
color inside March’s monochrome

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Posted on March 11, 2018March 10, 2018

Collection


in black and white
the billowing bloom
a leafing and blossom of snow

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Posted on January 18, 2018January 17, 2018

The Privileged


we watch
winter’s demanding dramatics
from inside our warm havens

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Posted on December 18, 2017December 16, 2017

Rising


the landscape yawns
winter’s breath
rises from the mountains

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Posted on December 12, 2017December 11, 2017

Unseen Seen


it was revealed
the intricate web
connecting everything

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Posted on December 9, 2017December 5, 2017

Holding Up The Sky


snow sky
held high by
December morning’s tree

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Posted on December 1, 2017November 27, 2017

Becoming One Another


the icing pond
receiving rain
so many ways to be

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Posted on February 24, 2017February 20, 2017

Iceland

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February grew
trees of ice
a forest of cold

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Posted on February 11, 2017January 31, 2017

Irregardless

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in the sunless day
lift your head
anyway

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Posted on January 16, 2017January 13, 2017

Austerity

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sharp edged
cold etches
light into dark

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Posted on January 3, 2017January 2, 2017

Iddy-umpty

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morse code of winter
dots and dash of ice
arctic opus written in cold

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Posted on December 22, 2016December 18, 2016

Faith

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be still
in the darkness
for the light will find you

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Posted on April 4, 2016April 3, 2016

Brief Glimpse

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the lay of the land
appeared in the sky
as gentle mountains rise
above the crashing ocean waves

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Posted on March 23, 2016March 20, 2016

Touch

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night’s cold breath
caresses the branches
her touch released by the sun

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Posted on February 23, 2016February 21, 2016

Time Combined

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for every shadow
there is light
counterparts
like day to night

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Posted on February 2, 2016January 27, 2016

Discovery

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from the river’s surface
the tree looked up at me
delivering heaven at my feet

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Posted on January 27, 2016January 19, 2016

Needed

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lantern in snow
a wink of light
feeds hope

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Posted on January 25, 2016January 25, 2016

The Enoughness of Nothing

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in nothing
everything
rejoiced

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Posted on January 14, 2016January 13, 2016

Offers Received

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in the absence of colors
an abundance of details
seasons give and take

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Posted on January 4, 2016January 3, 2016

Only Sunshine

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winter came
the only sunshine
was conversation

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