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Tag: winter

Posted on December 27, 2024December 18, 2024

The Old Oak’s Salutations

the old oak
in an elegant turn
of welcome and farewell

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Posted on December 19, 2024December 18, 2024

Slow Days

the garden wears a sweater of snow
inside you wear boiled wool
the two of you
practicing patience

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Posted on December 18, 2024December 11, 2024

Filagree Of Trees

the snow like time
tracing and embracing
every detail

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Posted on December 14, 2024December 7, 2024

Seeking Light

the lantern’s light
imagined
is light enough

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Posted on December 11, 2024December 7, 2024

Sunflower Fence

the barn remembers
smiling yellow faces
heads now bent with snow

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Posted on December 10, 2024December 7, 2024

Those Little Spots Of Red

a sprinkling
of cheerfulness
the berry adorned landscape

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Posted on December 8, 2024December 7, 2024

A Sliver Is Enough

the storm recedes
the moon appears
a hook for hope

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Posted on December 7, 2024December 3, 2024

Congregating Calm

quiet fell
the garden hushed
enters into camaraderie with solitude

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Posted on December 6, 2024January 30, 2025

Fragile Blue

winter day
a robin’s egg sky
nests in the trees

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Posted on December 5, 2024December 3, 2024

Winter Is A Queen Of White

everything touched
with her scepter of cold
commanded to dazzle and glisten

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Posted on November 30, 2024November 27, 2024

The Approach

off in the distance
winter is a train loaded with cold
closing the miles between us

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Posted on April 26, 2024April 18, 2024

Dreams At The River’s Edge

spring came
supple and green
winter threats were banished

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Posted on April 8, 2024April 5, 2024

Silent Greeting

each tree
a kind acquaintance
the woods my gracious neighbor

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Posted on March 29, 2024March 25, 2024

The Mountain Wears A Kilt

shadows woven
on the snow
in the glen plaid woods

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Posted on March 27, 2024March 24, 2024

After The Big Snow

our four fields are full
a bright blue sky disperses
the now empty clouds

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Posted on March 26, 2024March 24, 2024

Shrub Chandelier

ice crystals
catching the light
casting it about

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Posted on March 25, 2024March 23, 2024

Winter’s Way

back to bed
all greening things
beneath this new white blanket

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Posted on March 24, 2024March 21, 2024

Silence In Black And White

well past midnight
alone in the moonlight
flakes gather into flocking

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Posted on March 23, 2024March 21, 2024

Flurry In The Woods

winter and spring
how they dance and duel
for dominance

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Posted on March 13, 2024March 4, 2024

One Spot Of Snow

post it note
from winter
I’ll be right back

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Posted on March 1, 2024February 26, 2024

If Winter Was An Ocean

the meadow a beach
and the snow tide recedes
storm sets form on the horizon


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Posted on February 26, 2024February 18, 2024

Renewal

beneath the dormant garden
lies the constant unseen work
of life

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Posted on February 15, 2024February 9, 2024

Fidelity

evergreens
holding the torch
for spring

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Posted on February 13, 2024February 6, 2024

The Bend

up ahead
some light
an encouragement to hope

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Posted on February 12, 2024February 6, 2024

Triptych Of Textures


distillations combine
winter’s tapestry
grown on stone

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Posted on February 11, 2024February 3, 2024

Uncovered By Covering

after the snowfall
a tiny village
of teepees appeared

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Posted on February 10, 2024February 3, 2024

Fences

who is in?
and who is out?
would I stay without them?

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Posted on February 9, 2024February 3, 2024

All Around

sacred ground
my footprints
with the spirits

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Posted on February 7, 2024February 3, 2024

Woolgathering At The Fields

winter sun
the trees ghosts
of a daydream

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Posted on February 5, 2024February 3, 2024

A Proclamation

they stepped 
out of the mist
declaring their togetherness

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