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Lying hillside, dreaming on shiny things

October 24, 2022

Right now, my soul longs tolie on top of a grassy hill,back flat to the earth wheredust to dust is just as closeas it will be until my Day. Ringed by red pine stretchingheavenward, crowns liftedin fragrant praise and offeringfor having roots – and giving them –as ancient Will intended. Crows dance their way to … More Lying hillside, dreaming on shiny things

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I know a dying leaf when I see one

October 10, 2022

I know a dying leaf when I see one,it’s plump life being sucked backinto the branch that once gave it life,so the branch could live leathered span of serrated lobeslit by fall’s flame in a slow burn that creepsalong a landscape of conceding cells,puffing out the last of summer’s spirit the spirit of a more … More I know a dying leaf when I see one

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spring on the north shore: a haiku

April 4, 2022

A dark rockface weepsRiver bubbles under ice –Life is coming

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