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Tag: portrait

Posted on January 16, 2026January 13, 2026

Bloom In Profile

amaryllis
every side
her best side

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Posted on July 9, 2025July 4, 2025

Portrait Of A Delphinium

backdropped by the black of shade
the meadow rue observes
an elegant blue lady

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Posted on February 27, 2025February 15, 2025

Holding Space

summer’s ghost
saving a place
for her corporeal self

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Posted on February 18, 2025February 15, 2025

Portrait Of A Tree In Winter

a dark stark elegance
cloaks leafless branches
and incubates the unseen green

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Posted on October 14, 2024October 7, 2024

The Gladiola

a lipstick before you open
a wide seductive smile in bloom
a last kiss before you leave

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Posted on October 11, 2024October 7, 2024

Roadside Attractions

in the blue
puffs and fluff travel by
as sumac colors by the barn
a portrait of autumn New England

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Posted on July 28, 2024July 14, 2024

Beauty Of The Spent Bloom

grace remained
even after
your youth departed

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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 August 5, 2023July 23, 2023

There You Are

dodging raindrops
amongst the pansies
posing in a frame of leaves
we are friends I believe

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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 November 15, 2022November 12, 2022

Becoming Invisible

holding completely still
the bird’s mantra
I am one of the leaves, I am one of the leaves

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Posted on August 16, 2022August 7, 2022

Homage To Christina’s World

portrait of the dog
as unwitting
model

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Posted on June 21, 2022June 15, 2022

Three Ingredients

a summer portrait
of New England
allium, clematis, clapboard

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Posted on May 20, 2022May 16, 2022

Portrait Of A Tulip Aflame

stepping from the shade
blazing, blazing
like the sun

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Posted on May 14, 2022May 11, 2022

Daffodil In Profile

a floral vanity
the consciousness
of one’s best side

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Posted on September 5, 2021September 3, 2021

Summer Is

a red lipped maiden
leaving kisses
on the sundial

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Posted on August 31, 2021August 23, 2021

Self Conscious

left
is my best
side

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Posted on June 10, 2021June 6, 2021

Portrait Of The Iris

a stately classic
who often surprises
with her sly insouciance

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Posted on July 28, 2020July 24, 2020

Blue Only At The Edges

anomaly
of the blue diamond
a new perfection

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Posted on April 19, 2020April 20, 2020

Bluebird So Soft


bright eyed
in a blue sky
hope personified

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Posted on February 4, 2020January 31, 2020

Swoop


into flight
the darting and diving
of feathered days

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Posted on January 25, 2020January 21, 2020

Cardinal


sighting you
brings delight
as deep as your color

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Posted on September 18, 2019September 14, 2019

Oh Dahlia


lady in red
takes
her star turn

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Posted on August 21, 2019August 18, 2019

Breaking Out Of Darkness

a shaft of light settles
on the blue diamond delphinium
saved from the pounding rain

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Posted on August 20, 2019August 18, 2019

Thistle By The River


in the wind
whistling
as water passes

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Posted on June 23, 2019June 18, 2019

Those Two Iris


they leaned
into each other
as lovers often do

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Posted on May 30, 2019May 28, 2019

Unselfconscious


daffodil’s humility
amplifies
her magnificence

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Posted on February 8, 2019February 4, 2019

Owl In Blue


sharp cold
ruffling feathers
and solitary thoughts

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Posted on October 29, 2018October 22, 2018

Greetings


a muzzle’s nuzzle
good wishes
for the day

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Posted on August 27, 2018August 26, 2018

Sunflower Sunshine


impossible
not to bask
in her light

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