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Tag: woods

Posted on January 28, 2023January 25, 2023

Flow

I long
to take life’s curves
as gracefully as the winter brook

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Posted on January 25, 2023January 26, 2023

Sensing What Is Beyond Sight

like Mabel
the woods call to me too
beckoning with mysteries and solace

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Posted on January 24, 2023January 17, 2023

What The Lantern Occasioned

a light
without light
is how memory is made

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Posted on January 20, 2023January 17, 2023

Vacillating Temperatures

winter wavers warm and cold
mimicking the wobble
of the old garden fence

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Posted on January 17, 2023January 9, 2023

Cousin It

out in the woods
without your bowler hat or glasses
how will you find your way home?

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Posted on January 16, 2023January 9, 2023

The Road Home

etched in memory
our tracks in the snow
the hug of each curve

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Posted on January 9, 2023January 2, 2023

At The Boundary We Will Know We Have Met

even in the solitary woods
someone cared
to make good neighbors

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Posted on January 8, 2023January 2, 2023

A Tenacity Of Delicacy

thrown to the ground
by a punishing wind
intricacies undaunted

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Posted on January 7, 2023January 2, 2023

Mop Of Cold

bent to the river by cold
held to new work by ice
servitude of sweeping

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Posted on January 5, 2023January 2, 2023

Skillful Play

they know to slow and cross single file
then resume full tilt running
on the other side

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Posted on January 4, 2023January 2, 2023

Ice Monster

it gave
a silent roar
rattling primal bones

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Posted on January 3, 2023January 2, 2023

The Season’s Fashion

the myriad ways
winter wears white
in snow and ice, birch and cloud

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Posted on January 1, 2023December 29, 2022

Winter’s Wandering Path

a smidge of snow
the glittering cold
many storms still to go

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Posted on December 28, 2022December 27, 2022

Rain And Wind Storm

rain and snow compete
but mostly ice
will be the victor

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Posted on December 26, 2022December 23, 2022

Narnia

morning opened
to the enchanted world
where Aslan might call upon us

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Posted on December 23, 2022December 21, 2022

The Particular Disposition Of Winter

a storm assembles
in the woods
the weight and shape of cold

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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 19, 2022December 15, 2022

Reaching For Each Other

stepping stones
growing into the whole
of a frozen crossing

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Posted on December 18, 2022December 12, 2022

Sacred

deep in the woods
the humble tree hollow
a temple we pilgrimage to

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Posted on December 15, 2022December 10, 2022

A Sugaring Snow

here for just a moment
not enough to increase
the mountain’s hips

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Posted on December 12, 2022December 12, 2022

Rush

before winter’s cold
stalls the journey
a mad dash to the ocean

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Posted on December 10, 2022December 6, 2022

The Light Like A Kiss Goodbye

sneaking in
beneath the storm
a caress of light and warmth

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Posted on December 8, 2022December 6, 2022

The River Bend’s Instruction

when turning corners
take your time
to wander is the way

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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 December 4, 2022November 28, 2022

Invisible Work

birds and seeds
plot the creation
of spring

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Posted on November 27, 2022November 21, 2022

In An Instant

a single ray of light
splits the darkness open
an entrance for possibilities

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Posted on November 19, 2022November 18, 2022

The Earth

dark and dense
like a good chocolate cake
first snow a powdered sugar dusting

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Posted on November 18, 2022November 12, 2022

The Request

the way the light
was dancing in the woods
it was an invitation to enter

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Posted on November 16, 2022November 12, 2022

Asylum

some of the color
that has left the woods
finds refuge on the island

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Posted on November 13, 2022November 1, 2022

Bell In The Woods

rung only by the wind
calling out to winter
calling back to summer

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