warm breeze
a shower of apple blossoms

on old fieldstones
a new barn raising

amidst the weathered wood
a new barn door




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tamaracks’ blaze

snow on the air


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swirling from branches
a dusting
of snow


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In early winter
River grey and freighters few
The ducks and I wait

Float planes tethered
waiting for spring

Blue winter morning
Still dark.  Two small chickadees
on a snow-covered branch

Winter sleigh ride
Snowballs perched in sapling branches



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Perched at the feeder,
Blue Jay's feathers are ruffled
in the winter storm

still waters
the loon slips below


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Early autumn mist
Elk steps from the forest edge
Pausing, majestic

watching the blizzard
my windshield at warp speed


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dawn
starlings in
murmuration

Late fall, grey skies and
just enough snow on the road
to swirl and blow




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windows open
birdsong again

scribbling across the sky
flock of geese


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sleying the reed
my teacher’s
voice

Cool summer's eve
Tucked snug beneath the blanket
Night wind kisses me

last fall's leaf
mistaken for a butterfly

Late summer's night sky
Last blue and gold slides away
over black pine trees


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"Seldom Seen Road"
Passed each day




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Such different paths
And I; no longer needed
Grieve for my best friend

Summer's end, tall pines
Hide blue heron as we search
Suddenly, he swoops!

I have jars of them
"Here's another one you'd like!"
More rocks from my dad

drifting
                       drifting
drifting
                      drifting
ice floes in the river
slowly drifting

Head down, I can still
Taste the tears on my desktop
All those years ago

Clinging to rock cut;
Frozen waterfall



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Early summer's eve
Green ash leaves on blue sky and
seagulls wheeling 'round


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Sun filtered through
grey clouds
Snow crunches underfoot



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January storm
Refilling the birdfeeders
as trees are cracking

Three in the morning
Full moon bathes the yard and snow
Trees wait in silence




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full bloom
the forsythia again

seagulls dive
racing the wind


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Cold winter river
Cormorant upholds his wings
Black on rock and ice

Puddles beneath snowbanks
Finally; spring



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Snowflakes
                             sliding
                                               down
                                                                ­           the window
            First day of spring

Blue mid-winter noon
Fat mallard nipping tails
Snow is here at last

silhouettes on the field
sandhill cranes

Late winter at dusk
Blue-white puzzle pieces float
Mosaic in ice




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settling on the park bench
first snow


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The river's frozen
I was only gone two weeks
So much can happen

Smoke here in the Sault
Yet to be seen but now smelled
Lifts prayers for Timmins


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On the subway
the children are brightest

landing
the eagle
folds its wings

Saturday morning
Wings tipped, now hung; suspended
Bush plane in the air



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Full dark; late autumn
Lights flicker yellow and white
on Grand Traverse Bay


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Splintered grey with rusting roofs
Old barns in the fall

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Late summer
A red yew berry


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motorcycles
on Queen Street
I hold
my star pose


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