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Premium Member Netflix, Hulu
Neftlix, Hulu, autumn elaeagnus
thorns, small hairy buds, twigs hyper-lenticelled
fruits supposedly edible, leaves elongated, oblong
xerophytic but found in wetland
introduced species, some say invasive

Xbox is invasive
Hulu is the best source of foreign films
and foreign films represent reality...

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Categories: waxwings, dream, fear, february, people, romantic, time, winter,
Form: Verse



Premium Member 2 Jobs, 2 Kids, 2 Houses, 2 Hobbies
Carrying a sleeping baby.
Cleaning after a successful party.

Camping beyond mountains more mountains.
Playing trumpet on the streets of New York City.

Eating although the food supply is deeply compromised.
Flying with Democrats and Republicans, evangelicals and atheists.

Flying like...

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Categories: waxwings, baby, city, dog, food, house, jobs, mountains,
Form: Free verse
A Georgian Bay Reflection
June 11, 2016

I sit on the balcony of a research station in Georgian Bay, disconnected from the world.
The vast waters open up before me, with the rocky beach expanding off to each side,
A blue sky...

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© Elaine Ho  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: waxwings, nature, senses,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Christmas -- As We See It
CHRISTMAS – AS WE SEE IT


A sparkling white crest of new fallen snow
A bakery window laden with freshly baked pastries
Children – sledding down a hillside or skating on a frozen pond
Sleigh bells ringing on a...

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Categories: waxwings, faith, religion, upliftingchristmas, baby, baby, christmas,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Sunset In a Bird
We went to the top of a mountain…up a mountain road we wound our way
because we know it’s the perfect place to watch the sun set on the day.

We never tire of watching a sunset…for...

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© Jim Yerman  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: waxwings, bird, nature, sunset,
Form: Rhyme



Birds of Future Springs
Bird watchers say
 there are birds that return in spring to play
build a nest, raise their young
 but as seasons change there are always some
who stay the winter, forage for seeds
 familiar ones that cling...

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© Dm Babbit  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: waxwings, bird, spring, time,
Form: Sestina
Ladylove
A breast of rocks and woods with no song
Four hundred miles of pines that endure
And a path of chocolate sand with only hoof-prints.
Cherries are red but no one comes to pick them 
And grass here...

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Categories: waxwings, for her, proposal,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Nature's Intelligent Partner
The wood is stacked for winter.
One way out of the mind's limitations
is through other minds' contemplations.
The books are stacked for winter.

Yet even that cannot satisfy.
Failing to hold still for meditation
my teacher smiles, makes this observation:
The...

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Categories: waxwings, anger, change, fear, nature, rose, smile, teacher,
Form: Verse
Premium Member The Magic of Winter
Winter winds howl and rustle barren trees
As snowflakes coat like frosting and freeze 
Dawn’s early pink colors emerge in the sky
The sun starts to warmly brighten and dry

Tree tops shimmer under the golden sun
The winter...

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Categories: waxwings, appreciation, beautiful, imagery, nature, winter,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Birds Among the Purple Lilac Trees
Many tiny purple-green iridescent hummingbirds go fluttering by
As cardinals, and finches are out foraging as their little hatch-lings cry
Robins proudly landing on tree branches, dancing and putting on a show
Black Crows are cackling, circling, and...

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Categories: waxwings, bird, nature,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Shattered Sighs