Tag: nature
group name: tsopr
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June 13, 2008 12:08 AM EDT --
There is a weeping willow tree
outside my bedroom window.
I look at it in the early morning ---
there are dew drops dangling from its graceful tendrils.
They dazzle in the new day's light . . .
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June 17, 2008 08:12 PM EDT --
My dad was a farmer, as were his dad and grandpa before him. My mom's dad and grandpa were farmers too. This is from my memories of all of them.
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July 16, 2008 01:21 PM EDT --
I lift my face to the moon
and throw a kiss to the stars.
I feel the night's breeze through my hair.
I take a deep breath.
I shut my eyes
and utter words to my Lord above.
My soul is . . .
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April 22, 2009 09:24 PM EDT --
Tidal waves gravitate;
move steadily toward one another
As if some strange force
were beckoning them to merge for a season.
Rhymically they frolic;
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May 01, 2009 11:17 PM EDT --
She picks the dandelion.
No longer yellow,
the white puff waits patiently
for her warm breath.
With one swift rush of wind,
the puff scatters into the air,
a secret traveler
with . . .
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August 10, 2009 12:57 PM EDT --
The sun warms with rays of light;
The earth gently unveils herself to me;
Blue sky beckons through clouds of white froth;
Colors emerge as far as I can see.
Summer heaves her last breath, . . .
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July 25, 2008 11:46 AM EDT --
SEASHELL
salty jewel
ocean gift upon wet sand
next wave takes her home
Michelle Wooten
7-25-08
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September 27, 2008 05:40 PM EDT --
ODE TO DEAR IKE
The wind came whirling at the door
Took first the roof, then yelled for more
Crickets became silent
While the winds were hell bent
Heaven sent?
Rains did pour!
Lightning . . .
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April 29, 2008 02:00 AM EDT --
Poetry Form: Haiku
fallen virgin snow
gusts of flapper chilly winds
creates snow angels
December 20, 2005
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April 06, 2009 04:07 PM EDT --
GOD PAINTS IN GOLDEN TONES
God paints the day
in golden tones ...
gentle reminders
that all of life
is good.
God paints the day
in subtle hues
that touch the rainbow
inside each . . .
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May 16, 2008 11:04 AM EDT --
Poetry Form: Prosaic
1969
I asked my mother one day
as she stood and looked out into the
golden wheat fields
when we could go into the city
" . . .
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September 25, 2008 11:24 AM EDT --
IKE
came a violent storm
sparing nothing in his path
cicadas silent
Michelle Wooten
© 9-25-08
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April 16, 2008 02:55 PM EDT --
Poetry Form: Free Verse/Prosaic
I sit at Place Ville Marie
facing the headless lady
looked one way she resembles
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April 28, 2008 09:22 PM EDT --
Poetry Form: Free Verse
To the African Montréaler who
during Sunday Tam-Tam on Mont Royal
danced . . .
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April 28, 2008 11:52 PM EDT --
Poetry Form: Limerick
There was a unicorn from Eden
Whose heart was really bleeding
He asked the dear Lord
To please make one more
So that they could do . . .
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May 07, 2008 01:41 PM EDT --
Poetry Form: List Poetry
A charm of finches
A chowder of cats
A crash of rhinoceros
A draft of hogs
An exaltation of larks
A gaggle of geese
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January 15, 2009 09:34 PM EST --
Wood Ants See
(Thursday writing essential)
A stream of wood ants is climbing
and vanishing into the cracks
on the peeling barks of the tree.
The horde of wet clouds . . .
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August 02, 2008 04:18 PM EDT --
long life is a gift
to be shared with love and peace
live life in balance
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November 20, 2007 05:05 PM EST --
The last few dying leaves of Autumn
Desperately clutching their sterile life-line
Like a hopeful body preserved cryogenically
Refusing to give in to the inevitable
Season of death.
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October 07, 2008 02:32 PM EDT --
Note: These are not meant to be a series of connected haiku, but rather they are a series of images that just happened to be recorded on the same night. I post them together to NOT post 4 . . .
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