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Tag: seeds

Posted on December 2, 2025November 29, 2025

Seed Clouds

chugging by
like steam
from a train

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Posted on November 9, 2025November 2, 2025

To Leave Is To Return

in the season
of seeds
everything is giving

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Posted on October 8, 2025September 25, 2025

Jack-in-the-Pulpit

the seeds
of next year’s
sermons

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Posted on October 2, 2025October 1, 2025

Seed Packages

tiny envelopes
of the future’s promise
soon to be sent via airmail

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Posted on September 22, 2025September 15, 2025

The Finished Bloom

like a hand
reaching back
for seeds too scatter

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Posted on November 23, 2024November 13, 2024

Orientation

stillness held
in the midst of chaos
reveals the pattern

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Posted on November 21, 2024November 13, 2024

Fly Away Home

the seeds are feathered
and ready to fledge
on the nest north wind

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Posted on November 17, 2024November 10, 2024

From The Past The Future

shadow of the hollyhock’s
gift wrapped seeds
ghost of summer, prophet of spring


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Posted on October 13, 2024October 7, 2024

For The Monarchs

there at the edge of darkness
the white flash of milkweed seeding
ensuring a haven for the butterflies return

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Posted on October 7, 2024September 29, 2024

The Still Green Path

wander along the waning meadow
beside busy insects gathering
and seeds scattering

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Posted on September 30, 2024September 23, 2024

Reach

one elegant arm
extending itself
to seed tomorrow

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Posted on September 15, 2024September 2, 2024

Universe of Seeds

tiny adventurous time travelers
dug in, in flight or hitching a ride
protectors of the ecosystem

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Posted on December 9, 2023November 30, 2023

Seed Chandelier

it will be spring
that flips the switch
of cosmo lights

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Posted on November 8, 2023October 28, 2023

The Gourd And Squash

sharing dreams comprised
of pies and side dishes
seeds sleeping in the fertile earth

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Posted on August 27, 2023August 13, 2023

Sundial

a shadow falls
across the face
of time

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Posted on August 19, 2023August 8, 2023

Concealment

the golden glow of sunlit dill
a perfect camouflage
for feasting finch

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Posted on August 6, 2023July 23, 2023

Allium Sparklers

each seed suspended
on a stream of light
beauty bursts

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Posted on March 22, 2023March 16, 2023

Satellite

receiving instructions
from last summer
on future destinations

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Posted on December 13, 2022December 10, 2022

The Self Defense Of Propogation

like porcupines
coneflowers throw their seed-quills
for self preservation

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Posted on December 4, 2022November 28, 2022

Invisible Work

birds and seeds
plot the creation
of spring

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Posted on November 4, 2022November 1, 2022

Learning To Fly

the seeds
are feathered
and ready for flight

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Posted on October 24, 2022October 17, 2022

Spinning Air

the wind
is the web
of the milkweed seed spider

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Posted on October 12, 2022October 4, 2022

Blackberry Lily

you
ripen like
your namesake

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Posted on September 29, 2022September 26, 2022

Sunshine’s Sunshine

namesake
the goddess
of energy and light

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Posted on August 26, 2022August 23, 2022

Times Of Stark Relief

the light
of a certain kind
of sunflower night

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Posted on March 12, 2022March 10, 2022

Four Fields In The Morning

sleepy seed heads
sleeping in
beneath blankets of snow

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Posted on December 23, 2021December 20, 2021

So Many Seeds

soft like fur
a coat
ruffling in the wind

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Posted on August 29, 2021August 23, 2021

After The Party

forest fairies
leave behind
the tiniest table setting

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Posted on July 16, 2021July 13, 2021

Rocketship

speeding towards
the setting of seed
destination perpetuity

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Posted on December 6, 2020November 30, 2020

Each One A Part

nestled
shoulder to shoulder
in the grand design

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