Pondering Purple

Purple Kale leaf with raindrops

Pomegranate-tipped
raindrops gather,
as if fairies bless

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Pollen Puff

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like pink fairy trees
Astilbe brushes my knees
pollen puff <sneeze!>

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Witch Weeding

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A garden witch
knows when to weed,
when to deadhead.
Lets some things reseed.

Pulls quackgrass,
curly dock, carpet weed,
crab grass. Makes wishes Continue reading

Summer Postcard Swap

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Thanks to Carol Varsalona who sent me dreams, hopes and fairy dust. Continue reading

Hiding Spell

Bunny hiding behind flowers

Don’t look,
don’t see,
I’ll stay still,
you won’t see me!

Copyright 2017 Brenda Davis Harsham

Notes: Here’s a ditty for a summer day in honor of a shy visitor. Do you see the bunny?

 

Freckled Lily

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Rippled pond,
dew-strung lawn.
Yawning moon
welcomes dawn. Continue reading

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

Bees and Fairies

haiku and fairy artwork by artist/illustrator Michelle Kogan

Used by Permission of Michelle Kogan

Thanks to Michelle Kogan, a Poetry Friday friend, for this stunning poetry postcard, with strawberries, bees and a Monarch fairy! Continue reading

Silver Song

Ottauquechee River

Will drops a berry in a stream.
It rolls and bounces along.
He thinks a dappled fish nibbles,
until he hears a silver song. Continue reading

Cat and the Dandelion Moon

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Cat went here. The moon was there.
Cat crept toward the Dandelion moon.
Cat’s paw was an asteroid, flying fast. Continue reading

Coral Flowers

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If I were a fish,
I’d live in a coral tower.
If I were a bird, I’d nest
above a cactus flower. Continue reading

Snow Fish

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Snow fish,
flow fish,
flying toward spring.  Continue reading