Together

petalled, leafed and bare, 
together through the long years 
branches twined 

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The Heart in Spring

trembling magnolias
feeling the cold wind’s touch
each petal shivers

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Under a Tree

orchestra of color 
before the first flower blooms — 
a rainbow of chairs 

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First Flowers

after snowmelt, 
the first flowers have 
a special magic 

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Mad for March

blue berries round 
piny and pungent 
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Beware the Ides of March

Be you a young Russian soldier 
doing as you’re told or 
a young Ukrainian,
castaway 
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Missing Migrators

missing migrators 
flying flocks disappeared south, 
empty nests 

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The Deep Quiet

winter sunset, 
even birds stop call-call-calling 
to look up 

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To February

our bluejay jeer-jeers 
amid newly-forming buds 
before he disappears

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Done and Dusted

cold dust,
tree branches creak and crack, 
brilliant sparkles blind 

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Last Leaves of Fall

dry leaves flutter 
like withered cherry petals, 
painful longing 

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Light on the Darkest Nights

Moonlight falls
from high in the sky,
silvering
the latticed pine branches,
softly shining
on every trembling needle
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