tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2493311963200720922024-03-05T01:46:45.918-08:00savoringbeautydailyEvihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957804653158491650noreply@blogger.comBlogger302125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-249331196320072092.post-76356825795112039442023-08-11T15:16:00.002-07:002023-08-11T15:16:16.044-07:00Return to Blogspot<p> I had deserted my blog several years ago, a place I used to share my writing, quick poems and photos mostly. Today I am attempting to get my mojo back, returning once again, placing my small offerings all together in one place. </p><p>Wish me luck</p>Evihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957804653158491650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-249331196320072092.post-43818478623816673272023-08-11T15:14:00.000-07:002023-08-11T15:14:13.478-07:00August Elfje 2023<p> Glowing</p><p>winding themselves</p><p>grasping at everything</p><p>reaching toward the sky</p><p>GLORIES</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5_hkz-WyaKnvSthwZGrMehe6DM51RnE4uDtb_OO-qtvy2UUaPSNWNqugSaqEHkUmhZMuDz49d9yZ_Usq4pQziwForPgL6jykN_NMbyLFjL7fq9k09n0rTs6ys3jbDb-ZGWc-pswe8OfUeW1cuxWkPZxQxdb2qkoV3b1A9nrwOVwK3GA1Wi68KytOgIeQ/s4032/IMG_1876.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5_hkz-WyaKnvSthwZGrMehe6DM51RnE4uDtb_OO-qtvy2UUaPSNWNqugSaqEHkUmhZMuDz49d9yZ_Usq4pQziwForPgL6jykN_NMbyLFjL7fq9k09n0rTs6ys3jbDb-ZGWc-pswe8OfUeW1cuxWkPZxQxdb2qkoV3b1A9nrwOVwK3GA1Wi68KytOgIeQ/s320/IMG_1876.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3023" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsx5oh6SWPmnhDMIqqXbCI_uoKXF10UlqgXXxSuBfnj-wbdaOg8lyEgrF1YFonGf1IyP7xhVhgl0LHOLkIz3Kwq0dFXKkBLAfVxPikBFnARBgrjK9GmMyMCMr_CrjAikRi87paycORsj5LozqDiIaKg816imftxpA3y0qlPnqnfLrozkS5-18_RuksQgo/s320/IMG_1878.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Evihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957804653158491650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-249331196320072092.post-52617149854566608162023-08-11T15:04:00.001-07:002023-08-11T15:04:36.083-07:00August Elfje 2023<p> Towering </p><p>delectable treat</p><p>before and after</p><p>powdered sugar snow storm</p><p>MT.BLANC</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAt2A5SPqBXQyu_KiPoUkLGahrkYLJJvf16ecxM2BqcG_kGCeh_5i-SmnKh7s0izAwG00CNhfblxsd1VJUToti0drVZ9j5_zMgO0O611Bqbm_sgFGb6jVhBe7KqnIo2n6BiPU0qOJxBIJRYXBPQcgsV5_h6gbRZKRMYYphcuSQFg7-A6LxjHgoHqmX5ko/s3708/IMG_1912.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">Dropping<br />explosive noises<br />leaves float silently<br />fruits bang coming down</blockquote><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">ACORNS </blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><p><br /></p><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm-BVY45N0iAN4_QrTiI7ktY17Uof5YFby_SqpoYsTL-yw5kJXs2IDbnfjSAo7qnjDZIdwBNlq03CPbw6B0fihpo_SKMB4zrRSDz1xDXAGLektfGdmM4gO24C3q-7dwMdmbrkxhMHJCYoMl43aWwOMcr9bo83Xy75E11E9I4EWcvKFNccJS56uxDcEySM/s4032/IMG_1891.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm-BVY45N0iAN4_QrTiI7ktY17Uof5YFby_SqpoYsTL-yw5kJXs2IDbnfjSAo7qnjDZIdwBNlq03CPbw6B0fihpo_SKMB4zrRSDz1xDXAGLektfGdmM4gO24C3q-7dwMdmbrkxhMHJCYoMl43aWwOMcr9bo83Xy75E11E9I4EWcvKFNccJS56uxDcEySM/s320/IMG_1891.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><p></p></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><p></p></blockquote></blockquote><p><br /></p>Evihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957804653158491650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-249331196320072092.post-73274819858667638132020-12-01T17:14:00.001-08:002020-12-01T17:19:05.014-08:00NOVEMBER & DECEMBER 2020<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfLujZopCMm6ob0rSel_NTQrKQM0J7PgXkb6MBBggqXjB8qarEKTcfGZ2RlD_ybmcfTPq4CZZPFXdoKrMZhdb5PzK3gRFOYzss9HXGAHCINMFSCxL0Vh8u_atY74pcnT4Ia1qMvs-0hBE/s3243/032.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2292" data-original-width="3243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfLujZopCMm6ob0rSel_NTQrKQM0J7PgXkb6MBBggqXjB8qarEKTcfGZ2RlD_ybmcfTPq4CZZPFXdoKrMZhdb5PzK3gRFOYzss9HXGAHCINMFSCxL0Vh8u_atY74pcnT4Ia1qMvs-0hBE/s320/032.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Regally surveying</p><p style="text-align: center;">his creek side domain</p><p style="text-align: center;">no longer young</p><p style="text-align: center;">but neither are we</p><p style="text-align: center;">aging gracefully together</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHeqB8NMs7lN0-WW1AwRSoO4VJdASHNUnC52ABEzJx-zkKkfwSVFKTu3JDtwEvV30jn_CGymPmzqwTScgH6pO5Tfr4aV6iVOStGbs3mC1mrpxXBckwM95BNRlLyqztSNoDOi2Xl9KOF5I/s3216/038.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2106" data-original-width="3216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHeqB8NMs7lN0-WW1AwRSoO4VJdASHNUnC52ABEzJx-zkKkfwSVFKTu3JDtwEvV30jn_CGymPmzqwTScgH6pO5Tfr4aV6iVOStGbs3mC1mrpxXBckwM95BNRlLyqztSNoDOi2Xl9KOF5I/s320/038.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">One bright eye</p><p style="text-align: center;">turned up to celestial blue sky</p><p style="text-align: center;">what does it see</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Evihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957804653158491650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-249331196320072092.post-26860821500030054942020-10-30T14:44:00.008-07:002020-12-01T17:06:30.916-08:00OCTOBER 2020<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMWv5VaZNR1u0M2mOlvks4jwVXutFBclgLlEDeYdToRwxDasj3Qbhx_BiQpsCGxl-mGQmLQJFdQQm7yTpt5tTnGto8UgsOePMPIfNDHyxtQqU9cLxSAox8pRVUzdjM9B14jTMOid75MaE/s3264/018.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMWv5VaZNR1u0M2mOlvks4jwVXutFBclgLlEDeYdToRwxDasj3Qbhx_BiQpsCGxl-mGQmLQJFdQQm7yTpt5tTnGto8UgsOePMPIfNDHyxtQqU9cLxSAox8pRVUzdjM9B14jTMOid75MaE/s320/018.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Nearly full she teases</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">playing hide and seek</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div>coyly peeking....I see you!</div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAusjudht5MCpCdtS_LdOJWKzgQ2BC1IdUayJk7RWh3IaQykZWRzO8UbfJew5hg0Qxh8WCf7ymMVUBobbkePeWfrA8SByeRSrGncUNg1kFcOCg_hbWdKzzHtwrWD9w8DeMWq4AgXvn12c/s3264/008.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAusjudht5MCpCdtS_LdOJWKzgQ2BC1IdUayJk7RWh3IaQykZWRzO8UbfJew5hg0Qxh8WCf7ymMVUBobbkePeWfrA8SByeRSrGncUNg1kFcOCg_hbWdKzzHtwrWD9w8DeMWq4AgXvn12c/s320/008.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">All is not lost </p><p style="text-align: center;">glorious sunrise reminding us....HOPE!!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj91cLQ-plYFid8Yi1F7SX2pPrToG528In_ItHKf7fzu3_30TE81wxp8xgPmCglZnCRVUYY9hhmPgAyzwxQ5LEez6upkOdQpRISMeAveOvKoU_hFmem4FydCWgkJaVfJ1reweU9cehruDA/s3264/003.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj91cLQ-plYFid8Yi1F7SX2pPrToG528In_ItHKf7fzu3_30TE81wxp8xgPmCglZnCRVUYY9hhmPgAyzwxQ5LEez6upkOdQpRISMeAveOvKoU_hFmem4FydCWgkJaVfJ1reweU9cehruDA/s320/003.JPG" width="320" /></a></p><div style="text-align: center;">It was a cool autumn night</div><div style="text-align: center;">slowly the veils start to thin</div><div style="text-align: center;">dead branches reach fiercely</div><div style="text-align: center;">through subtle layers of colors</div><div style="text-align: center;">into a darkening bruised sky</div><div style="text-align: center;">grasping ..reaching....what do they want?!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">AUGUST 2020</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">***</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">August is nearly over this summer, much like the better part of this year, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">just a blur of endless bad news spanning the globe. Pandemic has stolen our </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">"normal" lives, rendering us stunned and uncomfortable in this new</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">reality we are now living. Now fires ravage our state, mask wearing around</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">the clock these days, other than when sleep finally finds us. Windows</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">normally wide open at night, now shut against the smoke slithering, insidious</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">as it makes it's way through the valleys. Mornings find it hanging on </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">the treetops all around us. Acorns fall, sounding like gunshots on the </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">metal roofs. Oaks are shedding their leaves, exhausted from the relentless</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">heat no doubt. We yearn for autumn and an easing of all that troubles us. </div><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVM58ig6vGYkOOTYDQUPQ2KT5njXKlyNwkVMPWyFwZr717Q6xnBxlaJL-OHqQ_nHA0F8wFpW5sWcJkF63hPGZBfR1rR8KEH5MUYwkjQVREVBlgwnyh7MOOQrBSlsUBymU57YZb87IcVK0/s3264/037.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVM58ig6vGYkOOTYDQUPQ2KT5njXKlyNwkVMPWyFwZr717Q6xnBxlaJL-OHqQ_nHA0F8wFpW5sWcJkF63hPGZBfR1rR8KEH5MUYwkjQVREVBlgwnyh7MOOQrBSlsUBymU57YZb87IcVK0/s320/037.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjChiCltnn4r9xrj01A0lCeXSCDcPlTUM-o8niL2Q-iwfT7WQQEofQ7WjLyWsBo1CWTbrVNl8WZdYd1nYkJHcBAexZ4nsO76hxJ7mG4QE8uZRXPnj1XD9_qIoZzeD-maJdyE5U9QI1y-YM/s3264/001.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjChiCltnn4r9xrj01A0lCeXSCDcPlTUM-o8niL2Q-iwfT7WQQEofQ7WjLyWsBo1CWTbrVNl8WZdYd1nYkJHcBAexZ4nsO76hxJ7mG4QE8uZRXPnj1XD9_qIoZzeD-maJdyE5U9QI1y-YM/s320/001.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div>These past few months, just a blur of of COVID, election chaos and now since mid August endless fires. As I type this, looking out the window all I see are deep orange sky, the woodlands outlined against it a stark inky, black. We've been spared thus far, only seeing the endless frantic posts of evacuations, losses of homes, lives, all amid the pandemic. Words have failed me, hence the silence here. <p></p><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzfF7jBpvm6OnwerzkHxGsRkQ7zpgzdWM0hpqUm6hV2lFg8iy3ZU5y_jMElWCYZBReA5ND0Ng9_7Wk3hmWpkuChWnYCUWfRnVRCECqX5T-0HgEMXeIN5t39GY5EVMsClQw4_w_X58cNlI/s1660/012.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1430" data-original-width="1660" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzfF7jBpvm6OnwerzkHxGsRkQ7zpgzdWM0hpqUm6hV2lFg8iy3ZU5y_jMElWCYZBReA5ND0Ng9_7Wk3hmWpkuChWnYCUWfRnVRCECqX5T-0HgEMXeIN5t39GY5EVMsClQw4_w_X58cNlI/s320/012.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;">Last night Luna, as she traveled to the West started blushing. First </div><div style="text-align: center;">just a tender red gold glow, then a deep red-orange color as she </div><div style="text-align: center;">sailed closer to the fires. Tonight she is brighter, her face pale</div><div style="text-align: center;">and serene as she's still high overhead. Sometime in the night she</div><div style="text-align: center;">will once again turn as she sinks into the smoke laying across the</div><div style="text-align: center;">western horizon. </div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCHo2ZTed_5DTj7J2oORZHOxBD41qLUHslkVpfcMiHbw0wnrc_aJXzX9-RneJIWEDinUPXivfwMPmbjti7HoBqR-rgkW_W6ZU9bNlsUS6lb2Vapgj6DY7NvEPZW62l6059khyphenhyphenYqEWUrho/s2972/005.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2155" data-original-width="2972" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCHo2ZTed_5DTj7J2oORZHOxBD41qLUHslkVpfcMiHbw0wnrc_aJXzX9-RneJIWEDinUPXivfwMPmbjti7HoBqR-rgkW_W6ZU9bNlsUS6lb2Vapgj6DY7NvEPZW62l6059khyphenhyphenYqEWUrho/s320/005.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Resting in the shade</div><div style="text-align: center;">mother and son</div><div style="text-align: center;">escaping the cruel heat</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjbCW8qXEWEdAtLt1D1WVRUxw9Z36R2_pHn4djRQBREH4Pim8oFIXatWjYs7oBGou7QiYCuulvV2z9mcse0AhUQQvhMWasO0erxhc3HTBntaMP7eP4CKSo1sp6_eXfUV9pYAKMtdWUOXc/s3264/050.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjbCW8qXEWEdAtLt1D1WVRUxw9Z36R2_pHn4djRQBREH4Pim8oFIXatWjYs7oBGou7QiYCuulvV2z9mcse0AhUQQvhMWasO0erxhc3HTBntaMP7eP4CKSo1sp6_eXfUV9pYAKMtdWUOXc/s320/050.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div>Sky smudged in charcoal</div><div>spread beneath the toxic blanket</div><div>Gaia's flanks glow golden</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB4wIJshT58RTogcWKyCmNQEwhdGi_ip_AgxOp4hT7e5Rg2eRcSTblWrONWUo582QIL_WKdOXDso31YvEJ1Ea6apiJGive_ZJpc49PTsV63sII9wAEe6kxVmE9dWW9rZ6A-ZwvkM62jTE/s3264/053.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB4wIJshT58RTogcWKyCmNQEwhdGi_ip_AgxOp4hT7e5Rg2eRcSTblWrONWUo582QIL_WKdOXDso31YvEJ1Ea6apiJGive_ZJpc49PTsV63sII9wAEe6kxVmE9dWW9rZ6A-ZwvkM62jTE/s320/053.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Evihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957804653158491650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-249331196320072092.post-25063325672902275262020-06-03T11:05:00.003-07:002020-06-03T11:14:49.434-07:00JUNE 2020<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Days pass</div>
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slipping swiftly </div>
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or sometimes too slowly</div>
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one after another</div>
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Luna waxes and wanes</div>
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her cycles constant </div>
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we on the other hand</div>
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are thrown off track</div>
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often not even knowing days</div>
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or weeks or months</div>
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all I know is that the other night</div>
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who knows exactly when</div>
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looking up there she was</div>
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mere slender sliver in the night sky</div>
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Last weekend in May</div>
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sudden thunderstorms rocked us</div>
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maybe reflecting the chaos</div>
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on earth rolling through all day</div>
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waking us even before dawn</div>
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clashing cymbals of thunder</div>
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back to back slashes of lightening</div>
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through it all trees swayed</div>
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boughs bend beneath heavy rain</div>
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but come June morning</div>
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as the sun rose once again</div>
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tattered Linden offered up </div>
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scented stars hoping to tempt the bees</div>
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Rising cheerfully<br />
on already drought browned hills<br />
small suns shimmer<br />
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After the storm<br />
Elder Creek embellished<br />
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Just before dawn<br />
silver ribbons shimmers<br />
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Evihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957804653158491650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-249331196320072092.post-48655188643681339352020-05-26T08:25:00.001-07:002020-05-26T08:25:53.357-07:00MAY 2020<br />
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I dream nightly</div>
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dreams filled with discord</div>
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my subconscious mind</div>
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is wide awake as I slumber</div>
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waking nearly nightly now</div>
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too long before dawn</div>
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heart pounding fiercely</div>
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panic stricken I rise</div>
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standing in the kitchen</div>
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waiting for the kettle to boil</div>
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trying to calm myself</div>
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talk myself back down</div>
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sipping soothing herbal tea</div>
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I wonder...how much longer</div>
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can this go on how much longer</div>
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will this feeling of overwhelm</div>
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disturb our peace of mind</div>
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each day and now in the dark of night</div>
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our world thrown in chaos</div>
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not only by the insidious virus</div>
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but by the virulent ugly</div>
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mood rising in our country</div>
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hate filled faces assault rifles</div>
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pretending to be patriots</div>
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encouraged by one up high</div>
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who gloats and tweets</div>
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knowing that division is his</div>
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only hope of staying in power</div>
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all I can think of is how</div>
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much more can we bear???</div>
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Rain oh blessed rain</div>
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Clematis quivers in delight</div>
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as first drops hit her blossoms</div>
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was there ever a scent sweeter</div>
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than delightful petrichor</div>
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after weeks of drought and</div>
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days of unseasonable heat</div>
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rushing around moving</div>
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dog beds in the garden</div>
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hearts jumping for joy</div>
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echoing the fat drops of rain</div>
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dancing on the birdbath..oh joy!</div>
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Struggling for balance</div>
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struggling to find words to describe</div>
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This month has been a blur, my creativity at an all time low. Trying to recreate the days I missed, no rhyme, no reason, just going to post them as I remember them, starting with today's pondering as the month is nearly over.</div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">COVID BLUES</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Is it COVID...or just the common cold</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">these aches and pains</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">hopefully because I am growing old</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Every cough or sneeze</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">is it the dreaded disease or is</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">profuse golden pollen to blame</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Sipping strong hot tea</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">enhanced with lemon and honey</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">can’t afford to get sick ain’t got the money</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Week after week like beads on a string</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">staying put ain’t getting easier</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">but we’ve got to beat this evil thing</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Patience is growing thin at times</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">our tempers start to fray</span></span><br />
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Last night Luna and Venus met</div>
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standing out in the garden</div>
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watching their ascent</div>
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wondering to myself</div>
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would I find suitable words</div>
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would I bother to get the camera</div>
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would I download the images</div>
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would I open the laptop</div>
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would I write in my blog at last</div>
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so many would's and then I did</div>
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while the words are not flowing</div>
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like a waterfall after a heavy rain</div>
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still the spring has not completely dried up</div>
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there is hope my muse has not fled the scene</div>
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that I can order my thoughts once more into a flow</div>
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nothing epic mind you just slowly getting my groove back</div>
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Night is falling<br />
Jasmine stars scent the night<br />
evening star glows<br />
to the West last subtle light<br />
a sky filled with inky cloudscapes<br />
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Words flit in and out of sight<br />
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I should be baking<br />
lemons languish on the tree<br />
but what I bake...we eat<br />
hibernation weight gathers<br />
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Even during quarantine<br />
bills are still due<br />
laptop is pouting sluggishly<br />
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Outside the window<br />
large drifts of ants rise<br />
on translucent wings<br />
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Freshly baked crunchy rolls<br />
buttered then eaten<br />
with dark chocolate truffles<br />
NIRVANA<br />
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By now on this day I would have</div>
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arrived in the city of my birth</div>
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wrapped my arms around my</div>
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tiny aunt who raised me as a babe</div>
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then reached up to hug my</div>
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tall warm hearted cousin exited</div>
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Frankfurt airport starting my excellent</div>
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adventure back at home again</div>
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where part of my heart still lives</div>
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instead I lay curled under the</div>
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covers sad wanting to eat</div>
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my body weight in chocolate</div>
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with hot crisp rolls to ease</div>
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that ache I want to hibernate</div>
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and wake when this nightmare</div>
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once more to roam and visit</div>
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but then my thoughts go to all</div>
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laying in hospital beds fighting</div>
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for each breath alone no visitors</div>
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their families preparing for the worst</div>
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and then I think of those now</div>
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in deep mourning never again</div>
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to see the faces they love to wrap</div>
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their arms around them tightly</div>
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robbed of even the chance to say</div>
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last goodbyes robbed of funerals</div>
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memorials of lives ended too soon</div>
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how can I lay here and mope</div>
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eyes moist with only the loss of a trip</div>
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not the loss of a beloved’s life</div>
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rising I stomp down the hall into</div>
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another blessed day of life</div>
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damn you to hell COVID-19 you</div>
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greedy life stealing bastard</div>
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don’t you darken the doors</div>
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of the ones I love both family</div>
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and friends sheltering in place</div>
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all around the globe waiting in fear</div>
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that you will find them your spiked</div>
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ball rolling down the halls seeking</div>
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new victims...DAMN YOU TO HELL COVID-19</div>
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Diaphanous pale pink veils</div>
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drift in a tender blue sky</div>
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morning has broken</div>
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Maybe you thought I forgot<br />
about glorious Luna<br />
she was full earlier this month<br />
at the time no words came<br />
but thinking back now<br />
as I walked the garden that night<br />
her shining face slipping<br />
in and out of sight sometimes veiled<br />
then her radiant rays spilling down<br />
illuminating not only that night but<br />
also shining a soothing light<br />
into our current darkness<br />
welcome reprieve....filling me with gratitude<br />
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Palest gray translucent tender blue<br />
adrift on this canvas<br />
small clouds of bright flamingo pink<br />
looking east lakes of liquid gold appear<br />
jubilant birdsong rises celebrating another day<br />
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No gentle zephyr</div>
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fierce cold north wind rising</div>
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plum blossom blizzard</div>
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Graceful dance</div>
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twisting and turning slim cypress</div>
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welcome March</div>
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Already bees arrive</div>
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crowded around the old bowl</div>
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sipping deeply</div>
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Hearty survivors</div>
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rising from the nearly dead</div>
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Moonstruck</div>
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Dusky rose caterpillars</div>
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thick as my thumb</div>
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bursting impatiently</div>
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first pale blossoms emerge</div>
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bees will hum a song of praise</div>
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Second golden wave</div>
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rises shyly from the green</div>
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latecomer’s scent tendrils</div>
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drift on a gentle breeze</div>
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weaving through budding</div>
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branches~birds rejoice</div>
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this morning rain finally falls</div>
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gentle oh so gentle baptizing</div>
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all brave souls bursting into bloom</div>
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Love Lives On</div>
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She slipped away quietly</div>
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much too soon for those left behind</div>
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suddenly after weeks of drought</div>
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this morning even the heavens weep</div>
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may our loving memories of you</div>
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soothe aching broken hearts</div>
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bereft at this most grievous loss</div>
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beloved wife mother grandmother</div>
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dearest sister of the heart</div>
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may you rise high on angel wings</div>
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Last night I forgot to close the blinds</div>
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snuggled deep under the covers</div>
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falling asleep to the sound of rain</div>
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pounding heavily onto the roof</div>
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then waking to a light sky outside</div>
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rising ready to jump into a new day</div>
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but my clock showed only two am</div>
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gazing out I saw Luna peeked briefly</div>
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through veils of racing clouds</div>
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walking into the cool damp night</div>
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watching her play hide and seek</div>
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then returning to the warm house</div>
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stoking the still smoldering fire</div>
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back to life setting the clocks ahead</div>
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closing the blinds snuggling back</div>
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under the still warm covers to soon</div>
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woken by Ming’s plaintive cries</div>
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urgent whisker tickling head butting</div>
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prancing up and down on my pillow</div>
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WAKE UP......FEED ME....WAKE UP!!!</div>
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Paying homage to Luna</div>
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walking in her silvery light</div>
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robe clutched tightly</div>
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unable to resist her siren call</div>
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as she slowly sets in a mackerel sky</div>
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legs growing cold I dart back inside</div>
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but even here close to the warm fire</div>
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she peers through the narrow window</div>
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pale face glowing through the pine</div>
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then sinking behind tall spires of cypress</div>
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slipping slowly out of sight...moonstruck again<br />
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Self Isolation in Paradise<br />
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And yet life goes on<br />
birds still sing their hearts out<br />
bees gather at the edge of the bowl<br />
resting and recharging while sipping water<br />
doves coo woodpeckers hammer<br />
hummingbirds squabble high pitched<br />
squeaks of outrage in between sips<br />
gray squirrel holds sunflower seeds<br />
in tiny gray paws black eyes shining<br />
Wisteria spills like lavender lace over<br />
the small rustic gate to the garden<br />
first roses unfurl their velvety petals<br />
fragrant white lilac glows at twilight<br />
as if nothing is amiss~because life goes on<br />
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How as women our brain so often lies to us<br />
we’re not pretty enough young enough<br />
seems like the lies just go endlessly on and on<br />
looking back at pictures of myself<br />
when I was young but thought myself ugly<br />
now I see an attractive young woman<br />
looking back at me and I am saddened<br />
because I believed my brain’s message<br />
that I was not and would never be enough<br />
now as I look in the mirror growing old<br />
wrinkles slowly changing everything<br />
silver strands weaving through dark hair<br />
wishing I would have loved myself more<br />
back then when I was young....time flies<br />
why waste it on worrying about an image<br />
distorted by the ramblings of the inner voice<br />
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Native Flute gentle sounds<br />
streaming from the little Bose<br />
Petey dozes quietly now<br />
hyperactivity finally at rest<br />
music soothing the nervous beast<br />
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Warm bowl of comfort<br />
on a cold comfort morning<br />
afraid of the morning news<br />
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Bowing her head<br />
kissed by a cruel late frost<br />
crunchy petals<br />
now weeping tiny tears<br />
hoping the the sun will revive her<br />
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This morning’s frozen tulip......Warrior Queen!<br />
Heart open wide<br />
ready to bask<br />
her moment in the sun</div>
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Driving through Paradise</div>
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our hearts </div>
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are heavy</div>
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Sunshine</div>
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illuminates </div>
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robin's red chest~glowing</div>
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***</div>
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Laundry dances merrily</div>
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achy frozen fingers</div>
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thawing by the stove</div>
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Slowly sailing vortex high</div>
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rafts of buzzards</div>
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mere black dots in the sky</div>
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Windy day</div>
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lone bee sips</div>
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from a violet's heart</div>
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Sipping peach juice</div>
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from a Chinese rice bowl</div>
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translucent rice pattern</div>
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like a night sky filled with stars</div>
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tipping back savoring one last drop</div>
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Lemon Sponge Pie</div>
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delights the eye</div>
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too hot to cut</div>
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it's making me sigh</div>
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High up in the oaks</div>
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jubilant robin chorus</div>
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greets a new day</div>
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Rose gold morning magic</div>
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Bald Eagle sails with buzzards</div>
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rising sun gilds snowy white tail</div>
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setting Luna glows~Snow Moon magic</div>
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Winter sunshine</div>
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colorful rays fill even empty jars</div>
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deep golden honey glows</div>
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Words appear</div>
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determined to catch them</div>
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Morning pearl moon</div>
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little frog worships quietly</div>
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at her silvery feet</div>
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Eating my solitary lunch</div>
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at our little table suddenly too big</div>
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deep silence broken only by</div>
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dog sighs and snuffles</div>
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occasionally a low sad moan</div>
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he’ll be back in a few days time</div>
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after visiting his ailing sister</div>
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but still we miss his presence</div>
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this temporary separation an</div>
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unsettled view into a solitary future</div>
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if nothing else a reminder</div>
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to savor all the years yet given to us</div>
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Early morning crescent</div>
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floats in a pale blue sea sky</div>
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Glistening they rise</div>
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from last year’s debris</div>
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royal purple beauty</div>
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Oak Henge Hearth</div>
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fiercely crackles to life</div>
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warming my hands oh the bliss</div>
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fallen oak gives comfort gives heat</div>
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morning chill lifts as the flames dance merrily</div>
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Stepping outside</div>
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into the morning sun</div>
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getting my groove back</div>
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gazing into this bowl of purple</div>
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small yellow centers cheerfully smile up at me</div>
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Twin moons</div>
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stand cheek to cheek</div>
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deeply rooted yet</div>
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far reaching connections</div>
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send pulsing signals</div>
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fungal messages travel</div>
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Rising bravely<br />
from last year's debris<br />
shining sentinels of hope<br />
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Delicate scent of summer<br />
tendrils waft through the house<br />
Lemon Sponge Pie<br />
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Looking out into the chilly morning hands wrapped<br />
around my cup of ti<br />
savoring each sip<br />
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Gnarled fingers<br />
pierce morning fog<br />
winter oaks</div>
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Filled with sunshine<br />
glowing side by side<br />
tart delight awaits<br />
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At the gloaming<br />
delicate colors glow<br />
plaintive sparrow's song</div>
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Chasing Luna on a frosty January morning, what was I thinking?<br />
Camera in hand, fuzzy slippers and flannel pajama clad I headed<br />
out into the garden. In my defense, I did put on a warm hat and<br />
downy vest, but no socks. I knew my best chance of capturing her<br />
beauty would be at the back of the property, going down toward<br />
the creek. For a moment I stopped, thinking to change at least<br />
my footwear, then decided to soldier on, knowing she would be<br />
setting soon. It was worth every freezing minute!! Slim ribbons<br />
of clouds would slip across her bright face, then long, spiky<br />
pine branches would adorn her. So entranced was I, the bitter<br />
cold was hardly noticed. I could see the silvery course of the<br />
creek, reflecting her light. The silence was broken only by the<br />
back and forth hooting of the Great Horned Owl pair, all else<br />
was still asleep and silent. As Luna slipped down toward the<br />
coastal range, to the east the sky was soon shimmering in rose<br />
gold streaks against a luminous, pale blue.It was tempting to<br />
go even further, but by now I could feel the ache of my nearly<br />
frozen fingers, time to head back. Slip sliding my way up the steep<br />
slope, I watch the sky grow ever lighter, the huge oak's bare<br />
branches near the cottage appearing like inky twisted, inky<br />
fingers. My poor slippers were on sideways, more often than not<br />
now filled with damp bits of of forest debris.<br />
Was it moon madness luring me out into the cold?<br />
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Early evening flights<br />
skewer the darkening sky<br />
roosting song of the sparrows<br />
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Gray cold day<br />
sipping tea by the fire<br />
calming tai chi music<br />
morning bliss<br />
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Foggy morning<br />
in the big rose tree<br />
quail mumble sleepily<br />
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Glorious rose gold sky<br />
bare oaks embrace morning<br />
with wide open arms<br />
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Majestic young eagle<br />
perched up high<br />
claiming his domain<br />
or just resting<br />
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Hurrying home late<br />
then stopping....breathing...inhaling<br />
setting sun splendour<br />
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High above a pine<br />
sailing between dark clouds<br />
slender maiden moon<br />
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Delectable tendrils<br />
drift through the house<br />
chocolate brownies<br />
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Small square window<br />
heavenly bodies shine<br />
Luna and Venus<br />
diagonal corner to corner<br />
perfectly framed<br />
another mindful moment<br />
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Rose gold gloaming<br />
in the hedges<br />
birds chirp good night<br />
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Pale blue sky<br />
wisps of gilded clouds<br />
morning dawns<br />
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Pulling down the shades<br />
against the dark<br />
snug in our warm cocoon<br />
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Cold blustery morning<br />
slim cypress sway<br />
dancing in the rain<br />
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My my chicken pie<br />
adorned with lovely butterfly<br />
puffs of steam<br />
and gravy bubbles<br />
looks like heart vent<br />
nicely doubled<br />
please do not fly away<br />
my treasure for<br />
eating you will be a pleasure<br />
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Dark chewy brownies<br />
lashings of whipped cream<br />
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Precious lake summer joy</div>
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blue face twinkles</div>
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on this brisk winter day</div>
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your burned mountains</div>
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now gracefully draped</div>
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by winter's snowy cape</div>
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sleep well this cold season</div>
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may your mountains drink deeply</div>
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may new life return once more</div>
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already first green spikes </div>
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rise bravely greeting the winter sun</div>
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Seems only yesterday<br />
our bench was blissfully warm<br />
basking...faces to the sun<br />
bleak winter claims it now<br />
memories of sunny days linger<br />
harsh call of a solitary raven<br />
suddenly shatters the stillness<br />
we slowly retrace our steps<br />
leaving more tracks in the glistening snow<br />
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Water spirit's shadow<br />
words of wisdom falling<br />
fluidly from his lips<br />
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Morning sunlight<br />
kissing the treetops<br />
warm golden glow<br />
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Last breakfast of the year<br />
heat sizzles delightfully on the tongue<br />
going out with a bang</div>
Evihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957804653158491650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-249331196320072092.post-80094948154074738922019-11-04T14:38:00.001-08:002019-11-06T18:15:21.486-08:00NOVEMBER 2019<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Way up high</div>
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delicate fragile shells</div>
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all that remains</div>
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succulent interiors gobbled up</div>
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first by birds than by hungry wasps</div>
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Thirst for water </div>
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satisfied at long last</div>
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green turns pale gold</div>
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little lemon tree wears pajamas</div>
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during the first cold nights of autumn</div>
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Glorious red</div>
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pineapple sage</div>
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defies autumn</div>
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red hot blossoms burst</div>
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one slim stem after another</div>
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Strange creature<br />
who ate our pepper plant<br />
we saw you resting<br />
wondering if you were ready<br />
only to find you suddenly gone<br />
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Seems only days ago<br />
you graced a pale rose sky<br />
still slim that night<br />
now growing by leaps and bounds<br />
quarter moon tonight says our calendar<br />
smiling down on this dear earth<br />
you give us hope<br />
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Ominous evening sky<br />
visions of the apocalypse<br />
another fiery sunset<br />
reminder of our changing climate<br />
afraid we are hurtling toward oblivion</div>
Evihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957804653158491650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-249331196320072092.post-11371716021579838962019-10-13T20:50:00.000-07:002019-10-13T20:50:11.547-07:00OCTOBER 2019<div style="text-align: center;">
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Crisp</div>
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cool air</div>
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golden leaves tremble</div>
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then spiral down gracefully</div>
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AUTUMN</div>
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***</div>
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Strange</div>
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little poems</div>
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don't always rhyme</div>
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delightful word play teases</div>
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ELFJE</div>
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***</div>
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Toasty</div>
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sitting lazily</div>
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near the fire</div>
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too cold outside yet</div>
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PROCRASTINATION</div>
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***</div>
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Flitting</div>
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darting about</div>
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often playing tricks</div>
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sporting cheeky mischievous grins</div>
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FAIRIES</div>
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Orange</div>
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glowing brightly</div>
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embraced by pines</div>
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on her splendid ascent</div>
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LUNA</div>
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Harvest</div>
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moon</div>
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rises serenely</div>
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glowing bright orange</div>
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illuminating deep velvet heavens</div>
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this magical vision never grows old</div>
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Lithe elegant creature</div>
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wearing a metallic green gown</div>
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early morning runway beauty</div>
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Delicate layers<br />
mark the end of another day<br />
delicious sorbet sky<br />
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Merely a pest to some<br />
yet what a delight<br />
to find a solitary survivor<br />
having escaped the clever fingers<br />
of the night time raiders<br />
raccoons leave no stone unturned<br />
no planter dug up<br />
no fishpond torn to bits<br />
pieces of waterlily leaves<br />
floating on the still water<br />
endearing faces for sure<br />
but oh the havoc they create<br />
under cover of night<br />
all in their search of tasty morsels<br />
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Painted ladies<br />
dancing in tandem<br />
sipping deeply<br />
savoring blooming savory<br />
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During the dry season<br />
we have to make our own rain<br />
our garden gratefully<br />
absorbs every glistening drop<br />
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A flurry of Elfje<br />
<br />
Suddenly<br />
rather shocking<br />
taken by surprise<br />
how could this happen<br />
HEART ATTACK<br />
<br />
Pale<br />
lying silently<br />
attached to hoses<br />
batteries of blinking lights<br />
RECOVERING<br />
<br />
Cautious<br />
first steps<br />
taken very slowly<br />
pale but yet determined<br />
WALKING<br />
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Rosy<br />
color returning<br />
eyes are twinkling<br />
he returns to us<br />
HEALING<br />
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***<br />
Slowly<br />
one<br />
poem<br />
then two<br />
words are flowing<br />
getting my groove back<br />
***<br />
Smoke<br />
curls<br />
lazily<br />
drifting down<br />
into the garden<br />
peaceful gilded autumn morning<br />
***<br />
Flock of sparrows<br />
splashing in the fountain<br />
morning bath<br />
***<br />
Stolen moments<br />
under cover of darkness<br />
pre-dawn solitude<br />
***<br />
Sweet scent of petrichor<br />
fierce pounding on the roof<br />
first autumn rain<br />
***<br />
Three loads of laundry<br />
freshly baked muffins<br />
getting my groove back<br />
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First rays of the sun</div>
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spill on my table</div>
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morning thoughts<br />
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***<br />
<br />
Rising at three<br />
solitary meteor<br />
zooms past the moon<br />
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Defying horrendous heat<br />
delicate petals unfurl<br />
moment of zen<br />
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***<br />
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Glowing<br />
busily pecking<br />
hopping up down<br />
grooming long slender branches<br />
GOLDFINCH<br />
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***<br />
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To the far west<br />
red bellied clouds drift north<br />
tail end of the storm<br />
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With lush purple ink</div>
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red dragon journal captures</div>
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daily mindful moments</div>
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***</div>
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Scent of coffee</div>
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flirting with chocolate</div>
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afternoon brownies</div>
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***</div>
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Arched silvered branches</div>
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embrace a pale crescent moon</div>
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bird's last sleepy notes</div>
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***</div>
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Delicious cool morning</div>
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sudden thunder</div>
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happy dog stampede</div>
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***</div>
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Silver crescent</div>
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in a pale blue sky </div>
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dance of the dragonflies</div>
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Covering your bright raisin eyes</div>
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with delectable cream-cheese and jam </div>
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I dream of a farm house in Tuscany</div>
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***</div>
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<div>
He shakes his head</div>
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eyes burning with unshed tears</div>
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for the country he loves</div>
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***</div>
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Lightly kissed with Pico Fruta</div>
<div>
glistening chunks of watermelon</div>
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HYDRATE!!<br />
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Evihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957804653158491650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-249331196320072092.post-60056993052218766482019-07-02T10:36:00.001-07:002019-08-23T11:27:10.801-07:00JULY 2019<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Roadside beauty</div>
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waving as we pass</div>
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sea foam blue</div>
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Mother and child</div>
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side by side</div>
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thrive little one</div>
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Along the road side</div>
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eerie red glow</div>
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fairy forest </div>
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HENRY MILLER 2007-2019</div>
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On the far side of rainbow bridge</div>
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Tess is eagerly waiting</div>
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eyes shining bright tail wagging</div>
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something called her here</div>
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on this special summer day</div>
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then she spots first movement </div>
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familiar striped furry form</div>
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wearing white sock saunters across</div>
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they meet Henry butts heads as is</div>
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his custom Tess gives her feline friend</div>
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a good washing making him purr loudly</div>
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greetings now over they leave side by side<br />
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***<br />
<br />
Broken heart pain<br />
now matched<br />
by aching backs<br />
he's laid to rest<br />
after hours of digging<br />
and hauling of rocks<br />
deep from the bowels<br />
of the unyielding earth<br />
we tucked him tenderly<br />
said our final goodbyes<br />
resting on a bed of hay<br />
velvety mullein fragrant sage<br />
small mulberry planted<br />
along the curve of his back<br />
atop his grave sprigs of rosemary<br />
one heart shaped rock<br />
nearby Kwan Yin sits in silent vigil<br />
at her feet offerings along<br />
with thanks for watching over him<br />
farewell dear boy may you find<br />
peace and joy on the other side<br />
may we meet up once again one day<br />
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Today I wore my mother's pearls<br />
but not to worry<br />
she's not gone still hale and hearty<br />
as I looked into the mirror<br />
they looked so prim and proper<br />
like something from the sixties<br />
mom's sixties era of Chanel suits<br />
my era on the other hand<br />
was a whole nuther kettle of fish<br />
hippie beads and patchouli<br />
swirly long skirts peasant blouses<br />
you get the drift no doubt<br />
poor pearls needed an outing<br />
some skin contact to make them glow<br />
paired with my long mermaid dress<br />
and a tribal mother of pearl pendant<br />
two eras worn side by side<br />
didn't look half bad I was still Evi<br />
not oh so prim and proper Evelyn<br />
mom tried pouring me into her mold<br />
long ago...with little success I might add<br />
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Quite some time ago<br />
while visiting a talented friend<br />
this cabochon of Moss Agate chose me<br />
delicate druzy clusters frame tiny windows<br />
one could almost imagine that peering<br />
through them would allow a peek<br />
into another more magical dimension<br />
rather fanciful I know but I've always<br />
been a daydreamer to be perfectly honest<br />
this lovely cabochon is now back in my hands<br />
skillfully wrapped in strands of shiny silver<br />
edged by a delicate gossamer web spun by<br />
creative artistic human hands to such perfection<br />
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This morning<br />
with two loads of wash<br />
dancing on the line<br />
still two more awaiting<br />
their turn in the wings<br />
moving the sprinkler<br />
now and then all while<br />
gazing up at a cerulean blue sky<br />
where jet streams curl<br />
in between icy cirrus veils<br />
jays screech endlessly<br />
high in the pine squirrel dissects<br />
bright green cones<br />
sprinkling the ground below<br />
with fragrant sticky curls<br />
how ever do they get the sap<br />
off their furry faces and tiny paws<br />
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Bold red dragon crossed the big wide sea<br />
landed safely very close to me<br />
greedily guards his hoard of glittering gold<br />
just as is written in tales of old<br />
though fear not friends this beast is tame<br />
listen very closely let me explain<br />
he's but a cover of a nicely bound book<br />
I opened it and had a look<br />
lovely sketches and quotes as well<br />
with many blank pages for tales to tell<br />
knowing just the proper tool I think<br />
my fountain pen filled with purple ink<br />
surely dragon's blood is just that shade<br />
will I find the courage before it's too late<br />
perfect empty pages stopped me in the past<br />
let's hope my courage grows...success at last!?<br />
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<br />
Shrieking Jays<br />
bold flashes<br />
of brilliant blue<br />
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***<br />
How delicious<br />
early morning breeze<br />
inhale....exhale<br />
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Jupiter bright light in the night sky<br />
keeping company with Luna<br />
close up you look a bit fuzzy<br />
mysteries not seen with the naked eye<br />
many moons and swirling rings<br />
red eye a storm raging for centuries<br />
first noted in ancient Babylon<br />
given the name of gods lost in time<br />
Jupiter..Zeus...Marduk...Thor<br />
many light years away it's hard to imagine<br />
how you literally dwarf our own planet<br />
tiny speck in the Universe that we are<br />
in comparison to your own enormous girth<br />
seeing you way up there a reminder<br />
of our own insignificance in the scheme of things<br />
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Neon pink sky<br />
such awesome beauty<br />
yet it comes at a terrible cost<br />
up north forests stand aflame<br />
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Now golden shimmering haze<br />
settles on the ridges<br />
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nature in all of her glory<br />
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Have you ever made a wish<br />
on a head of romaine<br />
or do you wish to romaine anonymous<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 30px; font-weight: 700;">bold flashes</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 30px; font-weight: 700;">of brilliant blue</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 30px; font-weight: 700;">Shrieking Jays</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 30px; font-weight: 700;">bold flashes</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 30px; font-weight: 700;">of brilliant blue</span></div>
Evihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957804653158491650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-249331196320072092.post-80385251183192616662019-06-11T20:19:00.000-07:002019-06-26T14:12:45.834-07:00JUNE 2019<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On the shores of Bear Pond</div>
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fluffy chicks waddle</div>
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following their parents</div>
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into the cool green</div>
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cattle are long gone now</div>
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pond lies peacefully</div>
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nurturing and nourishing life<br />
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One fledgling<br />
teetering on the edge<br />
soon taking flight<br />
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Glistening droplets<br />
tremble on orange satin<br />
brief morning shower<br />
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Turning his head<br />
raven's eye sees all<br />
even the past<br />
is no mystery to his kind<br />
yet for now he's in the moment<br />
harsh cronk fills the air<br />
announcing his satiny presence<br />
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Pale amber face<br />
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framed in sacred oak<br />
strawberry moon<br />
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Golden pool<br />
spills across the sky<br />
full moon rising<br />
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Full Moon<br />
why the sudden urge<br />
to throw back my head<br />
under her silver light they run<br />
loping with the pack in a black and white dream<br />
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Beloved Tess 2005-2019<br />
<br />
Today she took her last morning ride<br />
though no grinning face with tongue lolling<br />
could be seen in the side mirrors<br />
her riding partner stood by the gate<br />
sad eyed begging to ride along<br />
as was their habit each and every day<br />
not understanding that her beloved friend<br />
was laid out in state across the backseat<br />
in her somewhat doggy scented chariot<br />
yesterday's drool marks yet to be removed<br />
liberally streaking the country road dust<br />
both of us in the front seat sleep deprived<br />
teary eyed in utter disbelief at this<br />
sudden dreadful early morning departure<br />
absentmindedly stroking her now cool<br />
lifeless flank her eyes wide open as if<br />
looking into the next dimension<br />
handing her into caring hands who covered<br />
her gently after lifting her from her deathbed<br />
next week we'll pick up her ashes ...it still seems surreal</div>
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Outside the kitchen window<br />
red knight holds silent vigil<br />
russet armor shining<br />
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Staid Privet suddenly<br />
explodes in creamy splendour<br />
bees hum golden trousered<br />
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In dappled shade<br />
calla lily blushes delicately<br />
memories of Felix<br />
rise along with her blossoms<br />
he was just a stray<br />
we could not save in time<br />
long gone but never forgotten<br />
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Celestial mystery<br />
high in the azure sky<br />
mysterious egg shapeshifts</div>
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We brought her home again today<br />
her slender, furry body<br />
now held in the palm of my hand<br />
final chapter of her life<br />
precious memories held close<br />
we smile teary eyed as we carry<br />
her to the truck one last time<br />
rest well, dear brown eyed girl <br />
until we meet once more<br />
on the far side of rainbow bridge</div>
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Splendid May roses</div>
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heavy heads bowed gracefully</div>
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bee's nirvana<br />
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Shiny<br />
red spheres<br />
twinkled between branches<br />
luscious burst of flavor<br />
TOMATOES<br />
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Silvery crescent<br />
new again yet never growing old<br />
bluelicious night<br />
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Slender agile body</div>
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dances in blossoms heart</div>
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wild bee delight</div>
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Pearlescent<br />
shining moons<br />
unfurl their gowns<br />
heavenly scented balmy nights<br />
Philadelphus</div>
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***<br />
Looking into the mirror<br />
gazing at my image<br />
seeing a familiar stranger<br />
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Crinkled<br />
rosé crepe<br />
delicate yet strong<br />
underestimated like most women<br />
ROCKROSE<br />
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Beneath a haloed moon<br />
night garden breathes<br />
exhaling rain bruised honeysuckle<br />
and snow philadelphus<br />
greedily inhaling I savor the night<br />
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Caramel Flan rose<br />
morphing from maiden<br />
to mother to fading crone<br />
such beauty at all of her stages<br />
nature's lesson...embrace yourself!<br />
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Slipping in then out of sight<br />
on this storm tossed night<br />
Luna's celestial dance of veils<br />
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Seeking refuge from the storm<br />
glittering jewels arrive<br />
battle at the feeder ensues<br />
high squeaks daring dives<br />
delighted to offer them shelter<br />
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Heart of a rose<br />
yearning to dive deep<br />
tasting sweetness </div>
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Sapphire goblets<br />
sway in the breeze<br />
hark..did you hear it<br />
was that a fairy's sneeze??<br />
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Dainty Custard cups<br />
dot the fading green<br />
Mariposa lilies<br />
more then we've ever seen<br />
winter rains still offering gifts<br />
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Frothy skies<br />
whipped into a frenzy<br />
storm heralds<br />
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Delicate droplets<br />
translucent spheres<br />
tears of joy<br />
savoring late May rains<br />
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her scent brings</div>
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of a morning spend</div>
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sitting leisurely</div>
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basking in the morning sun</div>
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sipping Cafe Mocha</div>
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celebrating Richard's birthday</div>
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just a few years ago</div>
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Scent of Patchouli</div>
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instant time travel</div>
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back to the early 70's</div>
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endless days spend</div>
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Unexpected gift</div>
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made my heart sing</div>
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dear Bear immortalized</div>
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Evihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957804653158491650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-249331196320072092.post-81244569251203301642019-04-03T09:32:00.001-07:002019-05-03T14:38:20.301-07:00APRIL 2019<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">These days my feet no longer tolerate</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">or even fit into these burgundy satin shoes</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">but once upon a time with slimmer legs</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">and slender feet they did adorn my feet</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">worn with a matching satin dress they twinkled</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">their feet down a runway with me shaking</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">just a bit in them at first then gathering</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">confidence nearly strutting with a swirling turn</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">at the end looking coyly over my shoulder</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">almost like a little girl playing dress up </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">alas now I stomp around in country shoes</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">clogs and sandals in summer wellies in winter</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">as I make my way through country chores</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">such sweet memories of days past yet truth</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">is really a much better fit all the way around</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">perched in a greening willow</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Gaia is looking like a hippie chick</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">flanks dressed in smooth emerald velvet</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">embroidered with large patches </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">of deep purple yellow and orange</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">you can almost hear her laugh out loud</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">close your eyes travel back in time</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">now open them again there she is</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">drumming in yet another colorful spring</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">dark silhouette against a pearl gray sky</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">no dreaming spires here in this still</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">young land caught in the throes of growth</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">too many still clinging to their pioneer</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">changing world moving forward relentlessly</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Seeing the poetry in simple everyday things</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">thankful for the blessing </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">of this precious gift</span><br />
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">They arrive on rays of sunshine</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">drifting in on a gentle breeze</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">playfully cavorting aerial ballet</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">in pairs they court and dance</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">then settle on blooming lilacs</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">eagerly sipping sweet nectar</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">wings open and closes gently</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">breath settles into their rhythm</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">breathing in and out looking up</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">through lush clusters of sweetly</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">scented blossoms into a blue sky</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">My muse finds me again</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">deep in the shadows</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">this sweet shining face</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">delicate pale pink</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">shimmering droplets</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">adorn her soft petals</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">mindful moment of peace</span><br />
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Translucent green leaflets<br />
now slowly unfurl<br />
Tilia awakens </div>
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Clotted cream yellow rose </div>
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takes me back </div>
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memories of an afternoon</div>
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spend in an English garden</div>
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sipping tea eating fresh scones</div>
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lashings of clotted cream </div>
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atop fresh strawberry jam</div>
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the stuff dreams are made of....</div>
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Pale lemony light</div>
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suddenly illuminates </div>
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our garden glows</div>
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Seeing the poetry in simple everyday things</div>
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thankful for the blessing </div>
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of this precious gift</div>
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Golden crystal globes</div>
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her guiding lights each night</div>
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old girl's bright beacon </div>
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seeing eye aiding her vision</div>
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as she wanders out into</div>
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the silent night garden </div>
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her path now clearly marked</div>
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Staunch guardian of these plains<br />
weathering untold storms<br />
season after season offering<br />
deep shade for weary souls<br />
on even the hottest days<br />
on this glorious spring day<br />
hosting flocks of chattering blackbirds<br />
wild waves of wildflowers<br />
spilling to the horizon as far as the eye can see<br />
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Pale morning moon<br />
descends resting briefly<br />
atop the Mulberry<br />
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Comb jelly cloud</div>
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above a pale morning moon</div>
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lazily drifting buzzards</div>
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Branches bend low</div>
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obedient to the wind </div>
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graceful surrender</div>
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Once upon a time</div>
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there was a feelign of such </div>
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blessedness our words</div>
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laid upon this "altar"</div>
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offerings by kindred spirits</div>
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journeying side by side</div>
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nearly pious in our devotion</div>
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to one another our offerings</div>
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greeted like wordy prayers</div>
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with open hearts holding</div>
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each other's tender secrets</div>
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alas as is often the case</div>
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crowds dwindled some taking</div>
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other paths now out of sight</div>
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though solitary by nature</div>
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still I miss seeing fellow travelers</div>
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walking together side by side</div>
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engaged in conversations</div>
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sometimes deep other times just</div>
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sharing brief moments of daily grace</div>
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holding each other close nurturing</div>
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these connections like a precious garden</div>
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sentimental fool that I am for don't </div>
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all things change whether we are ready or not</div>
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Chilly pre-dawn</div>
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little house cold as a tomb</div>
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last night's fresh </div>
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delicious cotton sheets</div>
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now a cool liability </div>
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stepping out of bed </div>
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carefully making my way</div>
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toward the long dead </div>
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fire not even a glimmer</div>
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rain pounds on the roof</div>
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battle of winter vs spring</div>
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continues slowly balling </div>
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up paper stacking kindling</div>
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in a neat criss cross pattern</div>
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striking a match scent of sulphur</div>
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lingers briefly touching</div>
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match to the towering stack</div>
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fierce crackles as tiny flames</div>
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climb from twig to twig</div>
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igniting ever larger pieces</div>
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delicious warmth now spreads</div>
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cast iron stove ticks eagerly</div>
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it's cold body now gathering</div>
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gently radiating much needed heat</div>
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outside battle of the seasons</div>
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continues as we gather around the hearth<br />
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Glowing moon memories still linger<br />
late that night full Snow Moon<br />
was unveiled during a fierce storm<br />
slipping in and out of sight<br />
peering through curtains of swift<br />
racing clouds shimmering.....luminescent<br />
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Delicate blossoms<br />
survivors of fierce storms<br />
blessing for bees<br />
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Frilly eggyolk yellow<br />
Daffodils bask in late afternoon rays<br />
delicious shadow play<br />
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Calling all toast soldiers<br />
to deploy deep into luscious hearts<br />
dipping lush golden riches</div>
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Through sleep's silken veils<br />
her silver light shimmers waking me<br />
walking the damp night garden<br />
she shyly slips in and out sight<br />
wreathed in rainbowed layers<br />
stepping across glistening puddles<br />
gazing skyward as she journeys<br />
not quite full yet but still magical<br />
another winter storm approaches<br />
defying spring's arrival tomorrow<br />
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Japonique morning moon<br />
embraced by rising mists<br />
sayonara blessing<br />
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Delicate satin petals<br />
stripes and dots marking throat<br />
broken but not defeated<br />
her beauty still shines<br />
held in a fairy sized goblet<br />
minute bouquet worthy of a queen</div>
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In the grip of deep dreams</div>
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paws dancing whiskers twitching</div>
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in hot pursuit of dragons</div>
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Silly M Elfje</div>
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Mizzle</div>
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meanders merrily</div>
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moving merging making</div>
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marvelous magnificent mesmerizing mouthwatering</div>
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MAGIC</div>
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Predawn sky</div>
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dark blue shimmer</div>
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adorned with smudged clouds</div>
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rooster crows announces morning</div>
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time to rise stepping into a brand new day</div>
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To the east Sol has risen</div>
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though no rays touch the tree tops</div>
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yet the deep dark sky now palest blue</div>
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adorned with skeins of cotton candy clouds</div>
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birds fly to and fro Blue Jay shrieks loudly</div>
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does he not know morning silence is golden</div>
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or does he truly relish his role as Lord of Chaos</div>
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Rain</div>
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stops suddenly</div>
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on pine branches</div>
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Rufous-sided Towhee glows brightly</div>
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LAGNIAPPE<br />
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Miniature emerald world<br />
crystalline spheres<br />
tremble in the breeze<br />
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Bravely unfurling<br />
delicate pale rose hearts<br />
defying winter</div>
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Perched up high<br />
sharp yellow eyes watching<br />
majestic predator<br />
catching brief glimpses into<br />
his world never ever grows old<br />
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Once again she graces the night<br />
slowly gaining in girth<br />
from maiden to mother then crone<br />
some nights a clear crisp crescent<br />
surrounded by star diamonds<br />
on cloudy nights adrift in shifting<br />
rainbowed nebula appearing briefly<br />
then suddenly hidden from view once more<br />
endless cycle repeating since the beginning of time<br />
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Looking out into the secret garden<br />
where a sharp, cold wind<br />
ruffles slender graceful branches<br />
of the small silver leaved olive tree<br />
swaying to and fro in the gusts<br />
all the while I sit snug by the hearth<br />
at the moment this is my smultronställe<br />
yet already my mind is tugging<br />
yearning for yet another special space<br />
another place to settle into bliss<br />
before long I will walk out the door<br />
book bag in hand allowing the wind<br />
to propel me to the north forty<br />
where all is tranquil away from it all<br />
green range lands dotted with cattle<br />
sprawled to the far horizon resting my eyes<br />
there I will settle snug in blankets<br />
leaving everyday stresses and worries behind<br />
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Faint muffled sound<br />
morning flights pierce fog<br />
like pale silver arrows<br />
to the east molten red gold<br />
spills through winter bare oaks<br />
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Langniappe<br />
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Somedays I think in poems<br />
while bending my back to the<br />
most mundane of tasks<br />
nothing profound mind you<br />
nor especially good or<br />
noteworthy but if I hurry<br />
putting thoughts down swiftly<br />
before they flee slipping<br />
out of sight I can share this<br />
sudden bounty our langniappe<br />
this day pine and oak firewood<br />
free for the picking up<br />
sure to please our hungry woodstove<br />
with the pile dwindled this surely is<br />
the best of unexpected gifts<br />
I scurry inside briefly to share<br />
this unexpected bounty then<br />
back outside loading the old wagon<br />
while my partner is down the street<br />
reloading Little Blue to the hilt<br />
so off I go ready to roll my wagon<br />
near the woodshed soon to be full again<br />
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***<br />
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Langniappe Part Two<br />
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Now time to confess sadly it appears<br />
I am no mule after all at my advanced years<br />
two wagons loaded one now neatly stacked<br />
sadly it appears this is it for my back<br />
knee also singing a sad song of woe<br />
everything's aching even the big toe<br />
still there's a rather good feeling in<br />
having done my best maybe later<br />
I'll rally ready to tackle the rest<br />
for now it is leg up taking my ease<br />
when the next load arrives notify me please<br />
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She stands on the shore<br />
leaning into a wild wind<br />
slyly tugging at her hair<br />
staring out across the waves<br />
looking longingly at infinity<br />
she can't help but wonder<br />
is this all there is this feeling of<br />
being stranded on a desert island<br />
all the while hearing voices<br />
behind her... chattering laughing<br />
yet she stands alone in her own world<br />
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Icy cold sphere<br />
adorns the morning sky<br />
deepest indigo strewn<br />
with glittering diamonds<br />
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She stands on the shore<br />
leaning into a wild wind<br />
slyly tugging at her hair<br />
staring out across the waves<br />
looking longingly at infinity<br />
she can't help but wonder<br />
is this all there is this feeling of<br />
being stranded on a desert island<br />
all the while hearing voices<br />
behind her... chattering laughing<br />
yet she stands alone in her own world<br />
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LONGING<br />
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She's longing for her usually swift pace<br />
carrying her from place to place<br />
but for the moment the tide has gone out<br />
ebb tide rules she gives in to the urge<br />
her eyes closing slowly as she sinks into<br />
waves of medicinal rest giving herself<br />
permission to just go with the flow<br />
soon enough the tide will turn she will rise<br />
strong limbed once more standing tall<br />
ready to embrace life fully with enthusiasm<br />
for now she rests...dozing...dreaming...healing<br />
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***<br />
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Much like Luna<br />
on a cloudy night<br />
drifting in and out<br />
of wakefulness now here<br />
then gone again<br />
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***<br />
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Road Impressions<br />
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***<br />
Everywhere as far as the eye can see<br />
churning muddy creeks grow into lakes<br />
greedily licking the knees of trees<br />
nudging hives filled with sleeping bees<br />
rice paddies swallow up whole roads<br />
once dry creeks race along scratching<br />
their foaming backs on the bellies<br />
of beleaguered freeway underpasses<br />
cattle graze standing on green islands<br />
surrounded by ever rising muddy waters<br />
rest stops full up leaving semis parked<br />
on soft shoulders waiting out the storm<br />
even off ramps are parking lots for now<br />
flashing sign announced that ten miles<br />
north of Redding the interstate is closed<br />
due to heavy snow and white out conditions<br />
here still the rain falls still the wind howls<br />
still we push urgently ahead at day's end<br />
eager to arrive home before the fall of night<br />
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***<br />
<br />
Just after 4 am<br />
stirring the fire back to life warm flames flicker<br />
outside the sound of relentless rain<br />
***<br />
Trio of stones<br />
tumbling from my mind<br />
into yours<br />
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***<br />
Toes reach for the hearth eagerly<br />
like heat seeking missiles<br />
Moonlight Sonata spills into room<br />
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Against all odds<br />
enormous nest survived<br />
bald eagle aboard<br />
tending to the contents<br />
high hopes for a new generation<br />
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Elegant storm survivor<br />
cautiously opens her yellow heart<br />
delicate tears tremble<br />
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