Telling the Truth

connecting the dots of my life

Category: Haiku/Poetry

stairs to somewhere

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stairs to somewhere

long since forgotten dreams

life-drenched beauty Read the rest of this entry »

dark cold earth mound

Weeping beech in winter

cold dark earth mound

blankets newly dug grave

beech branches weep

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silence

interrupted Read the rest of this entry »

grass bends at its touch

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grass bends at its touch

raptors ride its warm currents

leaves dance in its wake Read the rest of this entry »

“When I no more can stir. . .”

Late last week I felt like a dry well.  Not sure what I wanted to write next for the blog.  I decided Read the rest of this entry »

morning stars

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morning stars glimmer

half-moon hangs in inky sky

daybreak edges in

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What I saw from my den window Tuesday morning, using my binoculars.
Not the chart–the real thing! Read the rest of this entry »

loyalty

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loyalty

standing with myself

as myself

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Public Notice: Read the rest of this entry »

desolate landscape

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crow surveys

desolate landscape

slim pickings

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© Elouise Renich Fraser, 12 January 2015
Photo credit:  DAFraser, September 2014, Crater Lake, Oregon

watercolor clouds

 

 watercolor clouds

grace windswept cobalt ripples–

trees reach for blue sky

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© Elouise Renich Fraser, 10 January 2015
Photo credit:  DAFraser, September 2014, Crater Lake, Oregon

sweet scent of childhood

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sweet scent of childhood

pink powder-puff luxury

feathers on my face

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© Elouise Renich Fraser, 9 January 2015
Photo credit:  Mimosa Blossoms, http://www.hiltonpond.org

a cautionary tale

early morning
sleep erupts in chaos
heart on alert

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breath labored
relax
focus
breathe Read the rest of this entry »