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Tag: shadows

Posted on December 25, 2025December 19, 2025

This Day’s Gifts

sunshine and blue sky
the safety and comfort of home
a grateful heart

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Posted on December 1, 2025November 20, 2025

A Cold Quiet Descends

the marsh
enveloped in
stillness and shadow

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Posted on October 22, 2025October 15, 2025

October Tableau

the shadows and leaves
a collage
depicting time

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Posted on September 25, 2025September 15, 2025

No Need For Nails

when architects are trees
the fallen a log bridge
a root an arch

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Posted on March 19, 2025March 12, 2025

Together

we walk through shadows
and last years leaves
determining a path to the future

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Posted on March 14, 2025March 12, 2025

Mabel Reminds Me How

to feel
my right to a place
in the world

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Posted on March 13, 2025March 10, 2025

Self Sufficiency

the sun reveals
last year’s leaves
nurturing new possibilities

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Posted on September 22, 2024September 15, 2024

A Glimmering Caught My Eye

the shimmer
in the shadows
reveals a tiny green rocket

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Posted on September 16, 2024September 11, 2024

Preparation For Fall

meadow, mountains, sky
intensify their colors
as shadows grow deeper

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Posted on January 27, 2024January 19, 2024

Juxtaposition

the surety of sharp lines
tempered by
the grace of curves

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Posted on January 19, 2024January 18, 2024

New England Directions

on the rise
past the shadows longer
than the long driveway

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Posted on September 4, 2023August 27, 2023

Willing

in the garden I begin to learn
how to let difficulties pass
like shadows across a petals

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Posted on July 25, 2023July 15, 2023

Morning Seats

we watch the day rise
and let the shadows lengthen
time is abundant among us

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Posted on March 29, 2023March 20, 2023

Snow Garden

with color subtracted
beauty solely articulated
in line and form

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Posted on December 21, 2022December 15, 2022

To Everything Its Counterpart

winter’s shadows
blue with cold
disputed by the sky

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Posted on December 7, 2022November 28, 2022

First Strangers Then Friends

deep in the woods
these three strangers
offered shelter

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Posted on September 20, 2022September 19, 2022

Call Of The Dappled Path

traverse the shadows
and the light
go greet the unknown

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Posted on June 3, 2022May 28, 2022

The Show Goes On

even empty
adirondacks are an audience
to nature

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Posted on March 14, 2022March 13, 2022

The Weather’s Hook And Thread

the new snow
crochets the woods
into lace

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Posted on February 26, 2022February 23, 2022

Drifting

mountains upon mountains
the wood’s topography
ever changing

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Posted on February 13, 2022February 5, 2022

The River Autonomous

breaking through
the shackles of cold
fleeing towards spring

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Posted on February 9, 2022February 5, 2022

February Garden

the bench
takes a sun bath
while imagining green

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Posted on December 18, 2021December 14, 2021

Layered Realms

fall submerged
beneath ice
and shadows

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Posted on November 14, 2021November 7, 2021

Big Pines

in the valley of the Taconics
centuries old pines
are time’s flagstaff

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Posted on November 2, 2021October 26, 2021

All Of Autumn

taking place
in a puddle
on the ground

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Posted on September 16, 2021September 8, 2021

On The Porch

in the peacefulness
it is possible
to dream as big as the sky

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Posted on August 7, 2021August 5, 2021

Happenings In Forest Time

sunshine makes for shade
as the river flows
and mushrooms grow

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Posted on April 26, 2021April 25, 2021

Magnolia Clouds

pure as a new spring day
the scented breeze
and petal’s shadow play

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Posted on March 4, 2021March 1, 2021

Morning Reveals

remnants
of a moonlight stroll
hoof prints amidst sparkle

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Posted on February 11, 2021February 9, 2021

Chasing Blue Skies

up ahead
on the trail
our scouts

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