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Tag: trees

Posted on January 28, 2024January 21, 2024

Technique

sun and wind
paint the landscape
the weather sgrafitto

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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 23, 2024January 18, 2024

Accumulation

snowflakes on tippy toes
the lighter they are
the higher they stack

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Posted on January 21, 2024January 18, 2024

White Out

suddenly the world obscured
and here becomes
such a close and tiny place

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Posted on January 16, 2024January 12, 2024

Change To Change

winter teeter totters
with rain erasing snow
then back again

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Posted on January 10, 2024January 9, 2024

Arrived

this winter’s
first big storm
some of everything

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Posted on January 8, 2024January 7, 2024

Squall

the wind picks up
suddenly we
are inside a snow globe

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Posted on January 7, 2024December 26, 2023

The Day Ends In Hallelujah

a chorus of colors resound
orange echos as pink while
the lemon yellow high note lingers

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Posted on January 6, 2024January 1, 2024

Seamlessness

around the edges of the morning
the fog reminiscences
with last night

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Posted on January 3, 2024December 26, 2023

The River High

big rain  
trees up to their knees in water 
the river hungry for land

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Posted on December 27, 2023December 17, 2023

Another Gift

the day ended
by opening
into color and light

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Posted on December 24, 2023December 13, 2023

The Waterfall In Winter

some of you
never make the full descent
balanced instead on a high wire of cold

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Posted on December 23, 2023December 13, 2023

Standing In The Heart Of The Meadow

holding space and memories
of the orchard
from long ago

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Posted on December 21, 2023December 13, 2023

The Art On Nature’s Walls

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an island of forest flotsam
accumulating mass with cold
the tree its picture frame

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Posted on December 17, 2023December 4, 2023

So Many Workers Of Joy

we come upon
the elves hat rack
Santa’s workshop must be near

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Posted on December 16, 2023December 4, 2023

Sanctuary

little church stands between
the old route road and the big woods
with a faith of clapboard and a peace of stained glass

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Posted on December 14, 2023December 4, 2023

Even Grey Days Have Their Golden Light

the sun is found
golden and shining
from the ground

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Posted on December 12, 2023November 30, 2023

Vigil

candles in the woods
the community of birch
stand by their fallen

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Posted on December 10, 2023November 30, 2023

Night Fire

we warm ourselves
on the embers
of the day

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Posted on December 8, 2023November 30, 2023

Three Lines

the snow, the mist, the clouds
past, present, future
the weather writes a tercet

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Posted on December 6, 2023November 25, 2023

Like A Goddess

bestowing sweetness
with grace
delicacy belies her strength

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Posted on December 5, 2023November 25, 2023

Considering The Opposite Shore

the reflection an inversion
or perhaps
the clearer reality

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Posted on December 4, 2023November 25, 2023

Wild Tundra

roam freely
between the wild
and tamed places

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Posted on December 2, 2023November 25, 2023

A Litle Help From A Friend

the dear crabapple
lifting up the grey clouds
to let a little light in

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Posted on November 30, 2023November 25, 2023

In The Sunshine

beneath clouds and blue sky
together and yet singular in purpose
room for everything

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Posted on November 29, 2023November 25, 2023

First Course

ginko’s fallen leaves
salted with snow
fine dining for deer

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Posted on November 28, 2023November 25, 2023

The Rocks Discern

remains of the dark night’s flurry
a suggestion of
all that occurs unseen

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Posted on November 26, 2023November 19, 2023

Forever Reimbursing

the great outdoors
devoted to the enterprise of
feeding the earth for what comes next

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Posted on November 22, 2023November 12, 2023

The Karat And Color Of Birch

gold-beaten by the wind
birch leaves
gild the landscape

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Posted on November 20, 2023November 19, 2023

The Night Sky Is A Closet

the crescent moon
a hanger where
I drape my daydreams

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