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Category Archives: Photography
An Ocean of Thanks
An ocean of thanks
to dads who raise faces
to the dawn, holding
up the sky on broad shoulders,
for their children.
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Spring Rain
rain plops
plink, plink
shiny drops
trees drink
squirrels scatter
flowers glisten
birds natter
i listen
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The Writing Life
a lone tulip
in a sea of blooming phlox,
the writing life
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Daffodil Runes
a grove of daffodils
circled by bees,
runes of springtime
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Tulip Tuesday
tulip Tuesday,
silky petals proudly cup
sunshine
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Lion Around
lion around
in lilac-scented sunshine,
a yellow mellow
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Cherry Blossom Wind
A day of cherry blossoms
hanging fragile in spring sunshine, Continue reading
A Tulip of Thanks
tulips tremble
with thanks for every raindrop, Continue reading
Spring Blue
the first bumblebee
an envoy from under stone,
sun salutation
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A Book by the Brook — William Carlos Williams
Finds tongues in trees, books in running brooks,
Sermons in stones, and good in everything.
— William Shakespeare
So much depends on the poetry of William Carlos Williams. Without his poetry, how many American poets would still use the formal language of Whitman? Continue reading
