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Tag: Nature

Daydreaming

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Here’s a lovely Happy Weekend poem from Amy.
Written for “people like you and me.”

Daydreaming

Hurry scurry, worry flurry,
Such a fuss and such a hurry.
Down I slid by a private stair
To a room in a forest of maidenhair. Read the rest of this entry »

swells rise

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swells rise fall

float calmly

toward my feet

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God waits Read the rest of this entry »

winter sun

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winter sun

transforms sky-blue

crystal stems

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frog prince | sweet nothings

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frog prince,
your eye
your lips
your smile
so sweet Read the rest of this entry »

moss-laden oaks loom

In 1950 we moved from Southern California to the Deep South. I was 7 ½. This haiku and poem capture my night-time introduction to our new rural community. We’re about 15 miles outside Savannah, Georgia.

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moss-laden oaks, magenta azaleas

moss-laden oaks loom
magenta azaleas blaze
deep south path through woods 

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Late summer, 1950

It’s past midnight

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tones and overtones

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tones and overtones

echo blending in silent

autumn symphony

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The Hercules Club tree is native to eastern North America. Read the rest of this entry »

hazy blue background

Red Belly Woodpecker 2 Feb 2015

hazy blue background

softens harsh late winter freeze

warms rustic feeder

or

open air café

no reservation needed

fresh frozen suet Read the rest of this entry »

bone-chilling north wind

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bone-chilling north wind

howls against tight-locked window

rattles my slumber

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The Shepherd’s Flute

An Amy Carmichael poem for Valentine’s Day–with brief comments from me, especially for you! Read the rest of this entry »

light shadows

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light shadows

play quietly on

face of pond

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This indoor pond is in the Hamilton Fernery at the Morris Arboretum in Philadelphia.  The fernery was built in 1899, Read the rest of this entry »