Photo finish Friday: “Joy”

Joy

The joy of the Moon /

is in giving to the Earth /

the light of the Sun.

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Photo finish Friday: “Blush”

Blush

First blush of blue /

early blueberries ripen /

birds and man waiting.

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Photo finish Friday: “Shade”

Shade

The spring tree gives shade, /

even on a cloudy day, /

sometimes from the rain.

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Photo finish Friday: “Thief”

Thief

Beside the street, /

in a flowering Eden /

a snake jerked up Iris.

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“Cocoon”

Cocoon

An Iris cocooned /

in its purple spire working /

to bloom into now.

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Photo finish Friday: “Missing”

Missing

Beneath the blind sun, /

the early blueberries start, /

missing your young smile.

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Photo finish Friday: “Pollen pastels”

Pollen pastels

Pollen pastels paint /

Spring across my car window. /

Monet hay fever.

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Photo finish Friday: “Nave”

Nave

Above the still street /

the nave of empty limbs /

long for leaves’ hymns.

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“Unfolding”

Unfolding

Leaves unfold, napkins /

at Spring’s approaching feast /

of blackberry delights.

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Photo finish Friday: “Quietly”

Quietly

Quietly, he sits, /

life among the lifeless limbs, /

eyes watching winter.

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