Cardinal

Visible in dawn,
The Cardinal, wearing red,
Whispered, "Pss pss. Pss."  
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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.
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Agawela  10June2022
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Eclipse

Red-orange darkness
Glows with mystery behind
Black silhouette trees. 
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Eclipse
May 16, 2022
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Waiting

Planets out of line,
Away from their conjunction; 
There is no message.
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Waiting
Bear   May 7, 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
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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. 
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Bear 02.16.2019
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December haiku

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

Every leaf sparkles,
In the morning bright sunlight,
Washed clean by night rain.

Dazzling - haiku
9October2021
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She Spoke

Owl spoke
To me, last night. 
She gifted a word,
From her
Ancient language.
Misunderstanding,
Her intent,
I answered aloud,
Speaking
As an echo
The sound
Of the new word.
Owl spoke,
Again. 
I almost understood.
Almost.
I thanked
Grandmother Owl,
In English.
In silence,
She flew.
In darkness,
She flew.
Close to me,
She flew.
So close,
I saw her,
Against darkness. 
Then,
She was gone, 
In darkness. 
Grandmother
Spoke,
Once more,
Outside of time,
For me to remember,
The meaning. 
I will always
Know this word
In her language,
When again,
I hear her call.

The word 
She spoke is
Death. 
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She Spoke
August 28, 2021
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Silent

Not all deserts are wastelands.  
Not all deserts are dry.  
Not all deserts are visible. 
Not all bird songs can be heard.  
Not all humans sing to be heard. 
And yet, here we are , 
The birds, and I,
Singing in the desert, 
Invisible and silent.   


Silent
26July2021
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