Continue readinga drenched day of rain,
Sandra Pond's icy glitter,
even the birds hide
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The Magnificent Sky
Category Archives: Memoir
Insouciant
despite a high wind,
the star magnolia beams,
petals aflutter
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Forsythia Sunshine
A rain, rain, go-away morning,
and its less mellow-fellow,
a gloom-and-doom,
thunder-and-lightning noon,
soon bursts into a
hello-yellow-sunshine afternoon,
when forsythia blooms.
Because even a gray day
can’t stay that way.
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Cherry Blossom Blur
through the window of
the taxi came the warm wind
and a blur of blossoms
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To my lawn chair in April
April sunshine warms,
waking bulbs from their long sleep,
bringing back robins
playgrounds hold laughing children,
a lawn chair is all I need
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Even Trees Shine
even trees shine
after heavy, icy rain,
when I look up
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One Sentence
If I were a crystal,
I might be a citrine mushroom,
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Sonnenberg Stillness
the gray catbird
me-ee-ee-ow tweets;
the breeze is as still
as a Japanese lantern
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Remembering love
love,
born in a small child,
a calm six years young,
holding an infant with
tiny toes, heavy head,
hungry, trusting, growing, Continue reading
Casting Shade
Symphony in May Minor
from bare trees to green hearts
and dancing fronds —
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Finding my Focus
Waves beat the shore into sand,
wheels of clouds darken the day,
not one thing goes as planned.
But a rock ledge offers a chair,
I rest my feet close to the salt spray,
and the cooling breeze lifts my hair.
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