Dawn

Soft female rain
Is falling in the new day. 
Parched seeds are grateful.
.
Dawn
Bear 4/13/2023
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Softened

Frogs are singing 
While Lightening Bugs 
Awaken and 
Grandmother rises 
Bright and beautiful 
Edges boundaries perimeters 
Are softened 
By a gently settling mist
.
April 4, 2023  
Bear ©Bearspawprint2023
Softened

April

There were 
Lightening Bugs 
There was 
Night Blue Moonlight 
These entered my 
Sleepless Dreams 
As sweet 
Lullabies of Bells
Sung by sparkling
Stars of Childhood 
And carried me 
As I Flew
Entwined 
With mist 
In Tree Tops
.
April 1, 2023 Agawela
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April

End of November

Hickories have turned,
Against the no-color sky,
Bight lemon yellow.
.
End of November
Bear 11.30.2022
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Cardinal

Visible in dawn,
The Cardinal, wearing red,
Whispered, "Pss pss. Pss."  
.
Cardinal
Agawela  11June2022
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Those words are a Cardinal language greeting.  

droplets

Bright sun through droplets
Reveals a dazzling forest  
Of sparkling small trees.
.
Agawela  10June2022
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Eclipse

Red-orange darkness
Glows with mystery behind
Black silhouette trees. 
.
Eclipse
May 16, 2022
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Can There Be Once Was?

Moment
by moment
Light shifts
Flickers
Glows bright
Sparkles
Perceptions focus
Or recede
Pass through
An instant
Is forever
And then gone
Alone
Nothing here
Ever was
.
Can There Be Once Was?  
April 22, 2022
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Purple Moonlight  --- haiku

Deep purple softness
Blankets the shadowy woods.
Mist swirls as I move. 
.

Bear 02.16.2019
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December haiku

The forest, softened
By the drifting morning fog, 
Slowly awakens.
.
Agawela 04December 2021
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