Category: nature
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Socially awkward
No one knows how it got there; If the woods encroached on its space Or whether the camellia invaded the woods. Was a seed dropped by a bird or did a gardener plant it? It doesn’t matter how, only that it blooms At the edge of a woods on a chilly winter’s day 1-19-21
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Rain
rain patter train wail water in drain pipe red birds and wrens dance in yard squirrels and feral cats are in hiding stand under a roof by the pond sip coffee from a big blue cup watch tennis ball bob In winter rain 1-15-21
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Chill
“Some feel the rain. Others just get wet” Bob Marley (and several others) no umbrella no rain coat long way to house hurrying won’t keep you dry no sense in rushing luxuriate in sensations of chill winter rain you will be home soon enough take shoes off at door remove wet clothes feet on the…
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morning mantra
On the distant side of the park you hear voices talking; you do not understand what is said; it is only important that on the distant side of the park you hear voices talking; you do not understand what is said; it is only important that on the distant side of the park you hear…
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Of the Pond
feeding fish ripple white clouds, the surface of blue sky tops of trees quiver remind me worlds exist below reflected heavens 1-11-21
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Sunday morning along the pond
Mist shimmers Over reedy pond Gold finches flock Dressed in muted winter gowns Sing four note ostinati From tree to tree Green hooded mallard Glides graceful Courts brown mottled female Along the southern shore Ghost white egret Stalks the shallows Great blue heron Sits low on water Lowers legs, rises up Like an offshore oil…
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Quatrains say goodbye to 2020
stand among wet trees coffee cup on fence rail muddy pond reflects bare trees, green hill, white overcast sky across the pond there is a path from the west it forks but from the east its branches become one path my cup is empty I will walk home from east to west alone in the…
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Winter woods walk haiku
iridescent moon hangs halo high above trees lone fox hunts shadows 12-28-20
