Footsteps In the Snow
...Footsteps in the Snow
In the cold grip of winter’s night it is the season of nature’s rest. All is not at peace in this time of rest for the forest. All does not sleep.
The call of th...
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Categories:
titmice, nature, snow, winter,
Form: Free verse
Tracks In the Snow
...Someone has been on my deck;
footprints abound in snow.
I wonder if there's been a break-in.
I checked the locks... But, no.
But someone seems to be drawn to this place
for reasons I don't kno...
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Categories:
titmice, cute, february, fun, life,
Form: Rhyme
Autumn
...Shorn from arbor crowns by sharp northern breeze
Aging maple leaves curl like rumpled rugs,
Falling as stars amidst disrobing trees
Shivering in the face of hoar frost hugs.
A wee mouse sniffs ...
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Categories:
titmice, autumn, bird, nature, seasons,
Form: Sonnet
Boultham Park
...enter… find nature
Boultham Park hides its wonders
flora and fauna
hedgerows… privet…
hawthorn… laurel.. woodland walks
lake bank side vistas
siskins… goldcrests… gems
sparrowhawks...
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Categories:
titmice, nature,
Form: Haiku
Empty Feeders
...The feeders were empty, dejected, forlorn.
The lady who filled them had suddenly gone.
Her time here now ended, she wakened no more:
Gone from her gardens, departed her door.
This little much ...
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Categories:
titmice, bird, environment, january, nature,
Form: Narrative
The Last Tree
...A pretty oak sits outside my window pane in the snow and in the rain
Covered with life, outside the balcony fifty steps away
Decorating the tree with flashes of red, black, grey, yellow and wh...
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Categories:
titmice, nature, life, rain, tree,
Form: Free verse
Red-Cockaded Woodpeckers
...a fallen pine log:
red-cockaded woodpeckers
taps their lost fair well
****The Red-cockaded Woodpecker has less than 1% of its original population. They make their home in mature ...
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Categories:
titmice, nature
Form: Haiku
It Is Necessary To Live!
...It is necessary to live
because a wind whispers
something urgent to the trees,
and the autumn sky still
gives sunshine to light the day.
The wind knocks on a window
with rain or wit...
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Categories:
titmice, life, song-autumn, sky,
Form: Lyric