Darkest Dark Before Dawn

In the woods
Tiny sparks
Here  
Then there
A trick of my eyes
The fungi singing 
Little ones playing 
Faye lights 
The Veil 
Becomes translucent 
I watch 
And wonder  

Darkest Dark Before Dawn
October 10, 2023
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No One Sings

Still
Quiet
Heavy
Overcast
Soft smoke
Suspended
Not rising
Not falling
Portent
No movement
No breeze
The forest
Silent
The sun
Slowly rises
Tree shadows
Cast through
The motionless
Brown Gold
Have weight
Sliding down
Marking the 
Presence of
Light
Of air
Of memory
Thick
With grief
The birds
Remembering
Do not call
.
No One Sings
Bear June 9, 2023
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Dawn

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

Hard rain is falling.
Dogs are hiding from thunder.
The storm will soon pass.
.
Afternoon Rain
Bear  July 19, 2022
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Rain for Sleeping

Distant thunder rolls.
Wet trees glitter in moonlight,
While the soft rain falls.
.
Bear     July 18, 2022
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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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December haiku

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