lackluster weeding
humid weekend afternoon,
scent of roses
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Notes: The subtle scent of cottage roses lifts my spirits. A little fertilizer last year has made all the difference. I hope your garden is repaying your efforts with the invisible magic of scents.
a day for mothers,
pear blooms scented by lilacs
dapple the sunshine
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through barren trees,
light shines
the strongest
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Notes:
To those celebrating holidays — may you be safe and happy together or separate. Continue reading
under the dank pond,
below its winter wasteland,
slumber turtles
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the silence of snow,
a cathedral of stillness,
until snowplows roar
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short, dark days
let the fairy lights shine,
long and bright
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a palette of earthtones
paints hillsides
with Autumn song
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yellow manes,
faces tilted toward the sun
ROAR of color
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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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reminded of my size
by a nearby butterfly,
trying to blend
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summer scents —
sunscreen, seashores, soft serve
and bursting blooms
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