A Peak at the Bay

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One last effort to
find the shore
before the
Chesapeake Bay Bridge,
we turn toward
Cape Charles.
Two miles. What will we find?
A longer trip, for one.
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Turning Circles

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heart-shaped spots,
sun spots
flit, flutter and dance
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Scilla Song

Blue scilla flowers

You should sing the blues,
but your music’s too sweet,
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Earth Tones

Creekbed and bare trees with a smidge of green

Creeks sing to wake the frogs.
New leaves whisper, waking the wind.
Old, crooked trees have their own
music, a quiet unfurling of
wandering woodland notes.
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A Butterfly Charm

Orange Butterfly

American lady
butterflies
charm and
delight
every child.
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Fantasy of Summer

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Waves of heat bake golden sand,
splashed by frothy waves. Gulls
and sandpipers dot grassy dunes.
A long, tall drink comes to hand.
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Color of a Rose

Black Rose on a Pink and Purple Fence

Used with Permission of Resa Swork

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Meeting McDoodle

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Doodly
doodly
doodly doo.

An eye
in the sky
and a cloud or two.

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Hyacinth Hats

Purple Hyacinth crushed by snow

Purple party hats prickle
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Snow Flowers

Yellow Daffodil in snow

Snow showers
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Echos

New spring leaves

Anyone who falters to a stop,
mid breath, and
lets her words breathe,
then echo,
then die,
is a poet.

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Find the Divine

University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis photo by Laura Purdie Salas

Fresco at University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis Used by Permission of Laura Purdie Salas

The fairy tale, the prosaic,
the absurd and the divine,
find their way into myth,
story, art and rhyme.

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