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Tag: woods

Posted on October 26, 2017October 22, 2017

The Expansion of Color


white birch
reflecting
fall’s gloriousness

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Posted on October 13, 2017October 7, 2017

Through


lone birch
shone the way
through dark woods

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Posted on August 24, 2017August 20, 2017

Humming Summer’s Tune


sound signals
a brief
appearance

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Posted on August 1, 2017July 25, 2017

Thee of Tree


all the ways
of being
residing together

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Posted on July 23, 2017July 16, 2017

Tiny Are All Beginnings


at the crest
of a moss mountain
a pine begins

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Posted on July 20, 2017July 16, 2017

Guests and Interlopers


wooded drive
fox and kit
greet and discourage

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Posted on July 6, 2017July 2, 2017

Rock Split Pine


rock moss
pine and shadow
agelessness exemplified

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Posted on May 16, 2017May 11, 2017

Movement Without Moving


even the stationary rock
will cross the line
in due time

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Posted on April 27, 2017April 21, 2017

Maple Blush


the landscape wears
a rosy glow
arousing all of spring

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Posted on April 21, 2017April 16, 2017

Master Molecule


sharp shadow
etched into bare ground
tree’s template

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Posted on April 18, 2017April 16, 2017

Start


tiny specks of green
cultivating all of spring
profundity of small sensibilities

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Posted on April 17, 2017April 16, 2017

Archway


bent tree arch
sacred passage
into transforming woods

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Posted on April 15, 2017April 12, 2017

The Usefulness Of Everything


bark, branch and leaf
pay their debt to the earth
with themselves

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Posted on April 9, 2017April 4, 2017

Hydrangea Alighted


last year’s bloom
basking in
this spring’s sunshine

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Posted on April 6, 2017April 4, 2017

Veil


lacy ice curtain
veils the dark woods
both awaiting the sun’s revelation

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Posted on April 2, 2017April 1, 2017

Readiness


even the rock wall
is ready to shed
winter’s now dowdy coat

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Posted on March 31, 2017March 25, 2017

Prayer Flags


the birch in worship
waving her prayer flags
for us

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Posted on March 27, 2017March 27, 2017

Powdered


a dusting,
a coating, a sprinkle
the many ways of sugar snow

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Posted on March 26, 2017March 25, 2017

The Wind Winds Down


peeking out
the storm’s force and fury
remains in the tilted horizon

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Posted on March 23, 2017March 21, 2017

Fare Thee Well


feathered ones know
winter says goodbye
in snow

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Posted on March 22, 2017March 21, 2017

Plaid of March


the kilted woods
wearing a tartan
of tree and shadow

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Posted on March 18, 2017March 15, 2017

Enchantment


early morning sun
stillness after the storm
the dazzling woods

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Posted on March 16, 2017March 15, 2017

Port in the Storm


hanging on
with gratitude
for what is available

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Posted on March 15, 2017March 14, 2017

Accumulation


blizzard snow
so fine it can be missed
as it gathers in inches and feet

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Posted on March 3, 2017March 2, 2017

Held

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beneath the bark
one birch’s dark night
held sacred by the grove

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Posted on March 2, 2017February 25, 2017

Flower Found

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a winter rose
pink petal bark
the birch in bloom

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Posted on February 28, 2017February 25, 2017

Sovereignty

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each sovereign tree
depends upon
the next, next and next

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Posted on February 25, 2017February 24, 2017

Made Known

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foot of quiet
a tangible peace
in the stilled world

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Posted on February 16, 2017February 14, 2017

Flight Delay

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milkweed seeds shiver
reluctant to fly
side by side with the snow

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Posted on February 9, 2017January 31, 2017

Luminous Flux

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in the forest room
a chandelier of ice
whose switch plate is the sun

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