Tag Archives: nature

pleasant night – August 8

8.8.2014 pleasant night, moon right, thin trees, lemon breeze   eyes alight, second sight, with darling’s kisses, blessed wishes. ————–

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MRI – August 4

8.4.2014 rattle screeches, knocks pings, obstructed music panging against piano wire magnetically resonating endlessly.   silence and waiting. doctor doctor please tell me. no. don’t. look hard enough and you’ll find something.   what’s that. nothing. nothing. nothing.   happiest … Continue reading

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hey big boy – August 4

8.3.2014 forest glade primeval dark, bare stream wending, older trees down, roots lifted out of the softened earth by summer squalls.   breathe in, pause. one barred owl calls and a lady love replies.   hey big boy, I’m over … Continue reading

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a tug on the leash – July 29

7.29.2014 the dog stops more often on our walks now to sniff, to lift a leg, to squat   or perhaps to fake one of these so that he can take a breath as he ages.   I tug at … Continue reading

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mower world – July 18

  7:18.2014 atop my mower world beater, creeper, steeper   I demand nature to my call   until the froglets flee tiny, leaping, terrified for their lives   and I count the cost of living, and having mercy.   I … Continue reading

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purple bells – July 17

7.17.2014 purple bells, waving wands, slender, strong silent voiced proclaiming with joy a summer’s day. ————–    

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pond flow – June 30

6.30.2014 the pond flow has risen to creek level above the culvert divide   and mama turtle’s flipper legs pull her on through the flow   so that her eggs can make their way across the road and down the … Continue reading

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passing preenings – June 21

6.21.2014 grass, lawns, water mulch, weeds, trees flowers, shrubs   how can we tell the difference   how do they tell us one from another   or do the planted ones mutely laugh at our passing preenings —————————–

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morning mist – June 11

6.11.2014 morning newspaper not here, mist across the pond, a low burst of sun just visible between trunk and branch   sweet time. coffee with m and s, a chair by the barely cracked window while steel-cut oats burble   … Continue reading

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chirping neighbors – May 28

5.28.2014 chirping neighbors fill the night with sound searching for mates food, friends, foes singing their song of existence.   we are here. we are here.     searching neighbors sing a song of worry scared, anxious, afraid, insecure   … Continue reading

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