gratitude for gathering,
the simplest blessings
are the most precious
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Gratitude for Scents
Tag Archives: butterfly
Silence of Swallowtails
this green world
teems with bees, toads, and slugs,
we’re never alone
even silence seems happy
when a swallowtail visits
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Glorious Color
As the cardinal calls
pretty, pretty, pretty,
apple blossoms
quiver like
cabbage butterflies
in lilac-scented sunshine. Continue reading
June Came Late
June came late,
after May rains slanted,
and gardens were planted. Continue reading
Yellow Butterfly
my mother’s birthday
missing her, feeling alone
yellow butterfly
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Monarchs
Orchid Wings
daydreams of flying,
white wings, soaring, gliding
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Pump up the Color
As leaves drop
and flowers fade,
summer lingers in
memories made.
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Looking Long
Looking long
at another’s days —
so different,
and free.
But is the other
discontented —
looking with longing
at me?
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Being Smaller
reminded of my size
by a nearby butterfly,
trying to blend
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Tuesday Reverie
Pausing to puzzle
as summer slides into autumn
like a melted popsicle —
where do the days
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Sharing
a friend by your side,
a chat, a smile, a shoulder,
sipping and sharing
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