Gusts wake me from sleep.
Across the nation, crisis:
Fires, tornadoes, death.
03/16 Gusty
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Extinguished, blown out.
Souls have faith in Nirvana,
yet hear vanished cries.
03/15 Nirvana
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Azalea’s pink blooms
speak of Western Lights, hardy.
Cannot be restrained.
03/13 Azalea
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Green faith in spring life.
Growing plants, trees, flowers, leaves
seemed alive. Cut fresh.
03/12 Green
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Till land, work tired soil.
Wish, pray for rain, sprouting seeds,
bread for hungry mouths.
03/11 Till
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Fresh air, clear blue skies;
no sound of sirens, air raids.
Peace so far away.
03/10 Fresh
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Warbler: move swiftly.
Sing your song, without fear, fright.
Make war with your song.
03/09 Warbler
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Ground: Soil, place to sit;
place to put down roots, grow strong.
Defiant seeds sprout.
03/08 Soil
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Red tide. Not blood. Worse.
Algae blooms: Plants die, fish starve.
Mourn the Earth’s waters.
03/07 Bloom
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Dear deer, wary deer:
Forest cover gives refuge.
Hunter fires rifle
03/06 Deer
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Green rain drops, green sky,
green skin shining like moonlight
under starved forest.
03/06 Green
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Happy sea scallop
slaps, snaps, swims with claps and cheer,
lives a pilgrim’s life.
03/05 Shell
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Willow, I hear your
wild cries, your body beaten
raped, black blood runs out.
03/04 Willow
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Frog looks through window,
appears wise, contemplative,
Leaps with resilience.
03/03 Frog
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*posted this a bit early*
Robins return home.
Spring buds invite them to nest,
lay eggs, make new life.
03/02 Buds
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Cut ground to prepare.
Plow soul, spirit, stuff of self,
then sow character.
03/01 Plow
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Mud, filthy, foul lies
dishonor the innocent,
but will become known.
02/28 Mud
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Foe and friend: the same
blood, bones, heart, humanity,
without eyes, don’t see.
02/27 Friend
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Spring thaw reveals bones.
Buried bodies, skeletons.
Deceit outlives death.
02/26 Thaw
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Sunrise lights trailhead.
Once obscured pathway now clear,
promises hope, peace.
02/25 Sunrise
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Flurry of false claims
flood news, media outlets.
Punch back hard with truth.
02/23 Flurry
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Fierce Canada Geese:
Fly in formation northwards,
Check threats. Guard young. Free.
02/22 Geese
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Furrow brow, smile, frown:
write, report, give impressions.
Reframe history.
02/18 Smile
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Sacred grove at dawn:
Washes with dew, bird song, breeze.
Ablutions unchain.
02/16 Grove
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Magnanimous day:
Time of generative light.
All must grow, fore night.
02/15 Day
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Mend warm comforter.
Join fabric threads with love, care.
Delicate cover.
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02/13 Mend
Blackbird guards, watches
nest nestled in thorny bush,
preserves, conserves home.
02/12 Blackbird
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Wind with short vowel.
Weak word. Hides strikes, accessions.
Can wreck. Trade nothing.
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02/11 Wind
Seductive carrot
before hungry nose, mouth, teeth;
Cost of survival.
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02/10 Carrot
Tenebrous shadows.
Dusk fails, surrenders to light.
Luminous morning.
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2/09 Dusk
