Tag: nature
group name: flashandshine
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October 09, 2006 07:01 PM EDT --
The last breeze of day beckoned me into the twilight, tempted me with cool caressing fingers. I followed it and it followed me, teasing me with its soft touch. It allowed itself to be drawn deep into my . . . more
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January 14, 2007 11:46 AM EST --
Like An Omen
It is mid January.
A bird happily sings from a lone branch.
Silence begins humming its mournful tune, as well,
Like an omen.
Fog has risen to the height of its . . . more
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December 03, 2006 07:06 AM EST --
On my desk it gleams,
No bigger than a sixpence,
The reflected moon.
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January 10, 2007 03:06 PM EST --
“On a Clear Day”
Today, January 10, 2007, I can write the same thing about the weather that I had written in a journal on August 18, 2006, five months later . . . more
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October 28, 2006 07:29 PM EDT --
Leaves swirling upward -
Twirling high up in the sky
toward the heavens
Celebrating heavenly
nuptials amidst the foliage
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January 24, 2007 05:19 PM EST --
Gigantic boulders
Veneered in crystalline ice
Jut out from mountain
Atop their sternness
Standing tall and gleaming proud:
One lone evergreen
Small evergreen trees
Nursing . . . more
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January 17, 2007 04:28 PM EST --
Silence.
Three in nature:
Sun’s setting in the west,
Orion’s constellation. . . And
Snowfall.
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The cinquain challenge request was to devise a . . . more
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February 19, 2007 06:09 PM EST --
Outside Vanessa’s window, heaps of snow smiled back at her while ice covered power lines loomed overhead with daunting threats of severing the comforts of home. Sunday . . . more
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April 11, 2007 04:52 PM EDT --
The cab driver knew exactly how to find it. He said everyone in San Juan knew about the tree man.
“But, señora, how did you know about him?” he asked . . . more
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February 15, 2007 06:07 PM EST --
Springtime quintessence
Leaf of a water lily ~
Floats gracefully by.
Birds sing on pond twigs
Frogspawn floating in clear jelly ~
Sets tone to frolic.
Aquatic turtle,
Four . . . more
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December 14, 2006 04:16 PM EST --
The evening sun
fades into its place
of rest below the
horizon
The moon interposes
to share its
moonlight
blue hues reflect
on winter smitten evergreens . . . more
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January 08, 2007 03:11 PM EST --
“Earth’s Bellyache”
Grumblings of inner earth resonate with man through different forces.
Suddenness and violence mark Earth’s volcanic invasions . . . more
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November 06, 2006 03:14 AM EST --
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CLOUDS
Covering darkly the face of the sun sometimes, and other times only
Lending whimsical character to the sky, clouds
Often help depict the various moods of change Mother Nature . . . more
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July 29, 2007 02:55 PM EDT --
Mountain air tickles my senses,
and I close my eyes just to feel;
Gentle breeze ruffles through my hair
I take a deep breath just to heal;
Something about this mountain air
calms this . . . more
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December 16, 2006 06:59 PM EST --
Poetry Challenge Response--Writing a Series of Haiku w/Theme -
“Gallantry”
Tall robust tree
Gallant appearance
Intrepid repose
Sprawling limbs
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January 05, 2008 09:53 PM EST --
On the top of the ridge
Royal palms stand in a row
Dark silhouettes cut into the blue sky.
Below in the flat fields
Cane arrows raise golden heads to the sun
And wave slender . . . more
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February 23, 2007 11:59 AM EST --
Frigid Footprints Etched in Time
Time to reflect find meaning
Ready and gather strength for future seasons
Time to live in a present moment built on the past
To find bliss each day in just . . . more
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February 26, 2007 09:39 PM EST --
Birds fly with new twigs
Water laps at islands’ feet
Mountains rise in joy
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January 10, 2007 01:35 PM EST --
You soar through the sky,
carried along by a breeze,
frolicking in freedom,
resting in trees,
singing your melodies
for the world to hear,
making us smile,
bringing a tear;
A sign from . . . more
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April 04, 2007 04:51 PM EDT --
(( My wonderful Gather family, I need to be away for two weeks - I'm leaving for India and hope to be back around the 21st April - Happy Easter to everyone. ))
In tiny wisps, it began on the surface, . . . more
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