Hoo
As dusk lands gently
hovering above the tree
the owl lights upon cottonwood
with each hoo from perch
spindly sprig bends beneath
Poem 20-130y
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Saturday, May 16, 2020
Saturday, January 11, 2020
Winter Solstice
Winter Solstice
rhythm
of season
sun's
angle low
further
south
cool
shadows
change
lingers
in
dormancy
buried
in warmth
below
the surface
waits
for warmth
in
cocoon of hope
that
spring will come
green
shoots pierce earth
Poem
19-355z
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Season,
western nebraska
Friday, November 22, 2019
Beet Harvest
Beet Harvest
On a windless day
gray sooty smoke
rises high above
red brick stack
Black coal greedily
devoured
by insatiable
furnace
boils water
sliced beets
marinate
Strips away
sweet molasses and
sugar
into bottles and
bags
beet pulp and ash
remain
19-326y
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Sunday, November 3, 2019
Peaches
Peaches
Serenity tastes
of fleshy peach
plucked yellow red
ripened fruit
Velvety
upon tongue
bite deeply
exploding sweetness
Juice
rolls down chin
dripping joy of
late summer's fruit
19-265Z
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Tuesday, June 4, 2019
Wednesday, May 8, 2019
Center Pivot
Center Pivot
Quiet rests
lightly upon the land
sluggish chill of
late Summer morning
serene purr of
pump motors
Pivot gun ratchets
continuously
droplets play upon
corn stalks
they rustle like
paper in the wind
18-248B
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Thursday, May 2, 2019
Wednesday, May 1, 2019
Kindle
Kindle
Father's
gift of you
Thoughts
of you kindle
as dawn
breaks in glorious ways
beauty
of sky
draws
thoughts of you
First
bloom of alfalfa
awakens
awe of love for you
sight of beauty stirs me
sight of beauty stirs me
reminds
me of you
Wafting
sweetness of fields a'bloom
soft
aroma's embrace
deep
into my lungs
the way
our love fills
18-041z
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Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Gray Clouds
Gray Clouds
Dirty
gray clouds
as
smoke stained walls
gloom
hangs thick
Spring
stolen away
Snud,
snow and mud
glom
onto boots
a
Winter zephyr
scurries
through
Green
blossoms cloaked
thick
in soft white
prairie
weather unpredictable
as bask
in afterglow of storm
19-120y
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Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Buried
Buried
Clanks and rumbles rises next door
memories bulldozed down
dilapidated farm flattened
back into the prairie
memories bulldozed down
dilapidated farm flattened
back into the prairie
19-107z
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Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Ugly Cold
Ugly Cold
They move
gracefully
pausing as we watch
four deer measure me up
as I soak their beauty in
An ugly cold
softened by elegance
as they move off
leaping the electric fence
As quickly as they
appeared
they disappear into brown grass
before sun breaks the horizon
invisible once again
18-341A
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Friday, April 12, 2019
Sulk
Sulk
Drizzle's
rhythm upon decaying corn stalks
solitude envelops stillness
water beads on duster
heart warm in November's chill
Gray
clouds hover close
transition soon enough to snow
melancholy mood rests on prairie
high plains of Nebraska sulk
18-328A
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Tuesday, April 9, 2019
Monday, April 8, 2019
Blossom's Nectar
Blossom's Nectar
Prairie
sky etch palettes of pinks and blues upon my canvas
reminding of all things beautiful to be
grateful for
When
Winter yields to Spring and green blades pierce up from soil
brown soon yields its cloak to alfalfa
blossoms
Life
drawn to the buds drinking in purple nectar's mead
drunk on beauty before heat of Summer stifles
or Autumn strips bare
19-094B
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Sunday, February 17, 2019
Friday, February 1, 2019
Moonless Howls
Moonless Howls
Coyotes
singing
wind screaming
moonless night
Cloudless
sky
stars so bright
sleepy eyes
19-029w
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Tuesday, January 22, 2019
Mist
Mist
Pale morning light
filters through
morass of grayish white brume
Ethereal allure of
blades and limbs
crystal icing arouses curiosity
Everywhere gaze
muzziness distorts
disorienting beauty awakens desire
Drawn further in
as if parting curtains
as fog closes in around me
Familiar seen in
new light
transformed into brilliance so pale
For a moment lost
in a wonderland
that soon melts away to Winter's rest
19-021X
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Thursday, January 10, 2019
Blows
Blows
Corn stubble
dances
twirling, skipping high and low
Brown of last
season's harvest
debris rises high
Christmas tree
size tumbleweeds
tumble across our path
Marching East 'til
captured
on bumpers and barbed wire
Fine sandy loam
clouds
darken the sky
Peppering windows
relentlessly
skin exfoliated in its barrage
18-008A
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Wednesday, January 9, 2019
Sunrise
Sunrise
Golden light
pierces dawn sky
Soft pink glaze
paints the clouds
18-364z
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Bites
Bites
Coldness bites
locks its jaw
Teeth pierce sharp
crushing bone
Wind drives deep
under layers of clothes
An unwelcomed
guest
reluctantly leaves
Warmth returns
18-002A
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