Christmas Cheer

Lit Tree with Golden Bird, snowflake ball and frog prince

May your days be full of cheer
with everyone you hold dear
well and full of fun.
each and every one!

Copyright 2017 Brenda Davis Harsham Continue reading

The Shortest Day

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After millennia underground,
this stone erupted to the surface Continue reading

Thanksgiving

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Thankful for art and music,
for time with my family,
words that flow and dance, Continue reading

Goodbye, Green

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Goodbye water lilies, maples leaves, loosestrife and reed,
Goodbye lotus lilies, cattails, cress and pickerelweed.  Continue reading

Be safe!

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Happy Halloween!

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Flour paste and
a smile sewn
hide an orange face
because hiding
one’s true colors
is the monster way,
today of all days. Continue reading

Howdy, Poetry Friend

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Welcome to my Poetry Friday Halloween party. Here’s the guest of honor and winner of the costume contest. Anyone know who my little beetle is? I found him on a lilac. He was about the length of my thumb nail.  Continue reading

October O’s

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October is a month of O’s:
orange gourds, ogres, owlets, oracles,
octopuses, otters and orangutans on
odysseys with outstretched hands, Continue reading

In-Between Earth and Sky

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Fields of daisies bloom
between forest and highway,
nodding sunny faces,
in the threshold
between earth and sky. Continue reading

Interdependence

Green Field with small flags casting long shadows

Everything we do
casts a long shadow
in the lives of others.

Let our decisions reflect
kindness and deep thought. Continue reading

Happy Father’s Day!

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Happy Father’s Day! Continue reading

Truth not Lies

June 4, 2017, I marched for Truth
among throngs of thousands.
For truth is more than a word.
Truth is right from wrong.
Truth is refuge and solace for
Americans, tall and small. Continue reading