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Tag: outdoors

Posted on February 17, 2025February 15, 2025

At The Pond

still waters
slow wandering clouds
I pause to let the peace seep into me

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Posted on February 16, 2025February 6, 2025

Like Icicles

suspended by
a tenacity
of hope and faith



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Posted on February 15, 2025February 15, 2025

Port In The Storm

our porch perch
is piled with snow
we are snug inside

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Posted on February 14, 2025February 6, 2025

Bequeathed By The Sun

vast beauty
blankets the world
the divine is at work

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Posted on February 13, 2025February 12, 2025

Reassurance

the moon, good friend
reminding me
the darkness will not hold

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Posted on February 11, 2025February 6, 2025

Parable Of The Winter Woods

some leaves remain
amidst the snow
how hard it is
the letting go

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Posted on February 10, 2025February 6, 2025

With Less, More

white and grays and blues
the ground and branch and sky
expressing winter’s intricate simplicities

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Posted on February 9, 2025February 3, 2025

To Be Held

embraced
without distortion
protected and cherished

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Posted on February 8, 2025February 3, 2025

Homeward Sky

sunset radiances
light a corridor
to heaven

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Posted on February 6, 2025January 27, 2025

Life Stilled

movement
arrested mid-move
perfected by a blue sky

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Posted on February 5, 2025January 27, 2025

Morning Greeting

each day
the first friends I see
four fields across the way

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Posted on February 3, 2025January 27, 2025

Yankee Thrift In The Granite State

fence posts of
granite and tree trunks
we use what we have

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Posted on February 1, 2025January 27, 2025

Nature Writer

the dog tromps and romps
her tracks leave
a story of joy

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Posted on January 31, 2025January 27, 2025

Time Abstracted

within in the flow
it wrinkles and bunches
but always eventually
untangles itself

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Posted on January 30, 2025January 20, 2025

Crystal Clear Quiet

day departed tenderly
a gentle blush of sky
whispering goodbye

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Posted on January 28, 2025January 20, 2025

Crackle And Crack

see the sound
that ice makes
when meeting salted macadam

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Posted on January 27, 2025January 20, 2025

A Bit Of January Thaw

the field snow thins
river ice recedes
warmer air
passing through trees

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Posted on January 25, 2025January 20, 2025

Ascending

snowflakes climb the trees
each limb a rung
on the ladder back to heaven

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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 January 22, 2025January 20, 2025

Sunset In New Snow

the world
freshly brightened
with a lacquer of cold

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Posted on January 21, 2025January 15, 2025

Secrets

a morse code of snow
dots and dashes
flying past the pine

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Posted on January 20, 2025January 15, 2025

Blue Barn Door

open wide
like the sky
welcome in the sun

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Posted on January 19, 2025January 11, 2025

Between

looking through the ice
cross the liminal space
to feel the presence of birch

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Posted on January 18, 2025January 11, 2025

Water Open And Closed

the river keeps
one eye open
watching trees

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Posted on January 17, 2025January 11, 2025

Wildflower Storm

a flurry
of flowers
the petals accumulating

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Posted on January 16, 2025January 11, 2025

The River Curves

motionless
the river wanders
the future and the past

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Posted on January 14, 2025January 11, 2025

Cold Trees

even the trees
shiver when
it gets below zero

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Posted on January 13, 2025January 8, 2025

Always Living

despite the lows of cold
the moss and Sempervivum
the brave and hearty Heuchera
keep on and on

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Posted on January 12, 2025January 8, 2025

The Day Retires

the day packed away
in night’s
dark briefcase

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Posted on January 11, 2025January 8, 2025

Winter’s Butterflies

winged maple seeds
perched on the branch
fluttering in the wind

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