Fall Shivers

leaves tremble,
red-gold-orange spirals 
on crisp nights 

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Maple Down Ditty

autumn rain 
slapping five with maple leaves, 
pitter-pat splats  

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Perfect Petals

Write your story 
for words are
perfect petals 
that bring color 
to the world. 

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World Afire

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A world
afire with color
and rage
against those
who don’t see
color
as beautiful
as precious
as connected
to all of us.

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Rock Garden Reprised

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silent yellow wings,
petals uncurl colors that
strike chords

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Different Colored Days

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Sometimes I feel yellow,
or slow, green and dragging
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Missing the Color

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missing the color,
the sunshine in my veins
that warms the days

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On Family Summers

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cheek by jowl
close at hand
neck and neck
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Strength in Contrast

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purple and yellow
delicate spires and broad leaves
but contrast succeeds

when we are free to disagree,
we make each other stronger

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Your Color is Hope

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“Moon Song” Used with Permission of Artist Lisa Telling Kattenbraker

Your color is hope,
birdsong on sunbeams,
a peaceful night’s sleep,
a bittersweet violin air,
raindrops on cottage roses
in full-spiced bloom,
the last snowflake of May,
and the urge to sail
over blue-green waves
with moon-drunk words
on my lips, tasting hope.

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Color Yearn

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With the silver sun
before sunset,
the world turns
an over-bright
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The Color Inside

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Whatever our color outside,
the color inside
is the most precious,
the color that defines us. Continue reading