sea holly hats,
fascinators on the thinnest stems
with royal collars
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Tag Archives: nature
Cheeriest Blooms
the cheeriest blooms
bring the sun
out of hiding
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Strength in Contrast
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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Peony Petals
sun-filled petals,
scalloped and scented,
soft as new baby’s skin
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A Book by the Brook — It’s Not Jack and the Beanstalk
Finds tongues in trees, books in running brooks,
Sermons in stones, and good in everything.
— William Shakespeare
If you love books pulsing with voice, that magical quality that brings characters to life, you’ll love It’s Not Jack and the Beanstalk, by Josh Funk, illustrated by Edwardian Taylor, Two Lions, 2017. Continue reading
Firecracker Red
firecracker red roses
bring back sangria-sweetened
hot afternoons
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Bread-Oven Sun
when the bread-oven sun
summer-bakes the earth
still the rain will fall, cooling
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Girls Gather
girls gather
on swings, flying high
laughter on the wind
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Message from a Rock Wall
be the flower
growing in dry spaces,
roots dug deep Continue reading
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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Summer Poem Swap
June Song
–by Irene Latham
Let me be sun
kissing horizon each morning
warming lake
to bathwater. Continue reading
The Writing Life
a lone tulip
in a sea of blooming phlox,
the writing life
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Friendly Fairy Tales 