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Tag: shadow

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 13, 2022May 11, 2022

Darkness Receding

birds stirring
amongst the reeds
the marsh awakens

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Posted on April 25, 2022April 17, 2022

The Second Bloom All At Once

newly risen
she blooms again
in shadow

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Posted on April 17, 2022April 11, 2022

Replicating Reptiles

scute and scaled
no longer a log
now a crocodile

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Posted on April 12, 2022April 11, 2022

Lingering

the north side
still cold
and leafless

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Posted on April 4, 2022March 31, 2022

Fern’s Filagree

fronds
scissoring shapes
into negative space

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Posted on April 2, 2022March 31, 2022

Beauty Mark

the lily’s
staining lipstick
pigment of the sun

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Posted on March 31, 2022March 29, 2022

Influenced By Neo-impressionists

perhaps is was Seurat
who romanced the azalea leaves
with his pointillism

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Posted on March 30, 2022March 29, 2022

The Sea Of Clouds

the wind a tide
in the fast moving sky
blue waves crash as clouds

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Posted on March 23, 2022March 18, 2022

The Mercy Of Houseplants

while it snows
the primrose blooms
conjuring spring

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Posted on December 1, 2021November 28, 2021

Brittle Suppleness

in every contradiction
a thread
of continuity

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Posted on November 30, 2021November 28, 2021

Briefly

before
the season of snow
the season of shadows

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Posted on November 18, 2021November 15, 2021

Pergola

rounded
like the mountains
holding us in the valley

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Posted on November 15, 2021November 7, 2021

Mysterious Waters

was that
the last of summer
swirling on the surface?

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Posted on November 13, 2021November 7, 2021

The Formal Garden

fall has taken
most of her flowers
but not her elegance

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Posted on November 12, 2021November 7, 2021

Origami

fold lines
sharp on the leaf
making mountains

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Posted on November 10, 2021November 5, 2021

Boardwalk In The Marsh

the walk
itself
is the destination

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Posted on October 29, 2021October 26, 2021

Competition

not to be outdone
by outside
the houseplant’s leaf

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Posted on October 6, 2021October 2, 2021

The River The Sunlight And Wind

painted an abstract
capturing
the whole of life

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Posted on October 4, 2021October 2, 2021

Autumn

shadows
are gaining ground
but light refuses full retreat

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Posted on September 4, 2021August 23, 2021

Be Where Your Feet Are

the here
of now
contains everything

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Posted on August 21, 2021August 13, 2021

Wander The Garden

the spirit restores
finding the space of place
along gracious paths

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Posted on August 15, 2021August 12, 2021

Exuberant Vulnerability

holding both
the fragility and tenacity
of life

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Posted on August 8, 2021August 5, 2021

Perspicacity

beneath waterlily clouds
the heron contemplates
elusive perceptions


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Posted on August 3, 2021July 30, 2021

Plight Of The Underappreciated

don’t forget me
the daylily implores
leaning into the spotlight

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Posted on July 18, 2021July 16, 2021

Down The Road

the blessed old barn
storing our histories
of summer

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Posted on June 7, 2021May 31, 2021

Captured

wishes gather
into orbs
as light holds hope

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Posted on June 4, 2021May 31, 2021

Flock Of Trillium

in they flew
on angel wings
or so it seems

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Posted on June 3, 2021May 31, 2021

Green Goblets

waiting to be filled
with the drink of rain
before fully unfurling

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Posted on March 20, 2021March 18, 2021

Gilding

it was sunshine
that applied
gold leaf

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