Tag: Nature Photography
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Healing Rhyme
Listening to the newsIt can be hard to smileOur country in a downward spiralBut still we can rhyme in styleWords made pretty, and agileLittle drops of sunshineIn pocket vials*** *** *** ***Count the deer in the photo!! Sadly, the beautiful hillside will soon be mowed down by goats to reduce wildfire risk.
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Spring Wildflowers
How can a flowerPossess such powerTo cheer us up?Unfolding symmetryPhotons of colorSnatched from the cosmosDeceptive simplicityA spiritual mysteryOf wonder and love
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The Turtle Life
Slow and steadyI’m a turtle writerA turtle personAnxiety and stress?Withdraw and isolateGo away world!! I often see 2 or 3 turtles sitting together on a floating log, but on this cold day I saw dozens, close to a hundred, basking in the sun. They’re quite big- about a foot across–I think they might be Pacific…
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Blue Blue Heron
I know my presenceCaused you some stressHere in your homeI am but a guestI hope you understood my excitementTo see you againI tried to tread softlySo as not to offendHoping all the whileThat maybe we’re friends********* The first Trump presidency gutted key parts of the century old, bipartisan Migratory Bird Protection Treaty. Joe Biden quickly…
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Second Chances
At first, from a distance, I dismissed youAs too uniformly drabI didn’t expect to find such color and beautyThrough a lensSecond looks, second chancesSerenditpitous reflections and reminders
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Election blue
Shock and grief And mortal dread I feel like hiding Under the covers of bed These monsters are real Intent on great harm No sense of charity No kindness, no charm
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Brief Thoughts of Spring
Unfolding potentialsSpiraling fantasiesOf Spring Unfurling giant fern fronds in a redwood forest
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Albatross Wisdom, Nature Psyche #20
It may seem odd, but I love seabirds, especially albatrosses. They live their entire lives (which can last as long as our own) over the ocean, coming ashore only to the remote islands where they were born to raise their chicks. How amazing is that? Some beautiful photos, and words:
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Good and Evil, Nature Psyche #18
Who woulda thunk America coulda sunk To idiocy and hatred Divorce from facts An echo chamber of lies Corrosion of truth Unconscious darkness Projected onto others Unconfronted ignorance Will this evil fade softly As an awakening From a bad dream? Wood block painting by Kawase Hasui, 1933 Nascent flowers Tendrils of democracy Seeds that cannot…
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Happy haiku (only one today)
Deep in the forest Childhood’s favorite color Cures the middle age blues
Haumanu Speaks/PoetiCalli 