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Poetry Friday: No Greater Love

No Greater Love   when the fallen log becomes home, food, life for lichen, squirrel, ant, termite   bite by bite bark to bare plank pulp revealed   chips and pieces for hidden species   resin seeps tree trunk weeps   letting go of plans to...

Poetry Friday: Girl On a Bicycle

Poetry Friday: Girl On a Bicycle

Girl On a Bicycle by Troy Garrison (1939)   The blue-enameled body of the slender beast Is alive, with the pulse of movement, Between her thighs; Sunlight splashes from the wheels As she sends it through a brilliant puddle;   Read the rest here  ...

Haiku Saturday: Stellar’s Jay

Haiku Saturday: Stellar’s Jay

Deja vu... it's Spring (again) In the spirit of my seasonal whiplash, it is Spring in the Sierras. Snow greeted my arrival a few weeks ago. My garden is a bit traumatized by sub-40 overnight temps. Long-overdue rain is forecast for the weekend. And... the Stellar's...

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