Category: nature
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St. George’s lament
lizard on fence rail dark in long shadows green among the vines did you know my forefathers hid among vines from your forefathers before stars fell from the sky before the burning before the long winter came before the dying before their bones became dragon’s lore 6-26-21
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wet haiku 6-20
wet the leaves and grass wet the patient spores that wait for rain to appear 6-20-21
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Zen Gaelic
You caught the blue grey glint of a single pinwheeling feather falling from the sky. It left no ripple on the water as it sank. No one saw its surrender but you. 6-16-21
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Walking meditation with Thich Nhat Hanh
1) moss comes green on the morning after rain halfway to your destination not wanting to crush haploid to diploid dance you stand paralyzed 2) a crow lands on a limb above your head shakes chill water from leaves you continue on in a village of plums bloom words “each mindful step, reminds us that…
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Narcissist drinks the sun
dawn shimmers clouds and trees turtle breaches still surface concentric circles set in motion ripple clouds and trees on way to shore mirrored image ponders its own reflection faithful to the sun and self 6-14-21
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morning after a late Spring rain
before the woods could towel off in the sun wind shrugged midnight rain from tree shoulders last autumn’s leaves drummed good morning light felt the rhythm and danced 6-11-21
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St. Johns wort
earth grew tired of the burden of its spin and night fell you waited in the dark for light then sat all day in shade you became thirsty trying to quantify half full or half empty emptied the glass while arguing acceptable definitions with yourself and went online to order St. John’s Wort hoping for…
