Inward

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after petals fall
and arctic winds snatch coat tails,
I look inward

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#PoetryFriday — Starry, Starry Spring

Flowering Tree

starry petals,
snow foreshadowed
their fall

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Snow Flies

Newton Upper Falls with snowflakes flying

snow flies
tingles but doesn’t bite,
winter’s waning

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Bittersweet Blues

Stormstorm with blue house

bittersweet spring,
winter has overstayed
cold silence

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Cyclone Rain

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rain’s dragonish curves
stinging, quartz-like mask
cuts away winter

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Water Ways

Layer of ice over brown grass

atrium of ice
over a grassy kingdom
until rain comes

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Moon River

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shades of silver
moonlight on an icy river
frozen in time

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Seeds in Snow

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icy snowbanks
may delay growth,
but not forever

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Siren Summer

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Summer’s Siren Song

makes me long for warmth
dream of hot sunshine
on my bare arms and remember
the relief of leaf-cast shade
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Winter Dandelion

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dandelion down,
its frozen petals and stem
hoard sunshine

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Icy Green Heart

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the forest’s green heart
taps an icy morse code,
calling the sun

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Goodbye, Green

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Goodbye water lilies, maples leaves, loosestrife and reed,
Goodbye lotus lilies, cattails, cress and pickerelweed.  Continue reading