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Clinging Vine

Posted on July 25, 2015 by

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While soaking in the wonder of a Berkshire sunrise, I was struck by the insistence of nature, evident in this tendril of new growth, clinging to the stone bridge over a babbling brook. “My Lord, What a Morning,”

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Half and Half

Posted on July 18, 2015 by

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Diamanté seemed the perfect poetic accompaniment to illustrate this week’s Photo Challenge theme: Half and Half.

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Home

Posted on July 17, 2015 by

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This sonnet is a reflection of the happy days so long ago, when we surreptitiously (or so we thought) parked across the street from our new home.

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Keys to The Kingdom

Posted on July 11, 2015 by

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Capturing symbols of our fun-filled days at WDW .

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Love’s Labors

Posted on July 6, 2015 by

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Love’s Labors…a sonnet about the incomparable joy of seeing loved ones cuddling snugly beneath a specially knitted gift from Grandma.

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Escape From Paradise

Posted on July 3, 2015 by

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A poem ( sestina) of personal courage and empowerment, in the face of abuse.

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Red Bird in a Green Tree

Posted on July 3, 2015 by

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Photo Friday: RED…Backyard birds provide unending entertainment, but it’s the cardinals and the goldfinches that inevitably become the scene stealers.

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Webs

Posted on June 28, 2015 by

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A Sonnet inspired by A single strand of spider’s web, a tenuous start, perhaps a new beginning

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Bandit’s Soft Spot

Posted on June 26, 2015 by

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The photo of my overly anxious puppy, securing his favorite spot atop my ‘work-in-progress’, knitted afghan, seems a perfect response to today’s Photo Friday prompt: Soft.

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Sunbathing

Posted on June 19, 2015 by

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Perennial, she opens tender petal-arms, bathe in sun-soaked warmth. Photo Friday: Flowers

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In Search of Eden

Posted on June 16, 2015 by

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Watercolor wisps paint each new dawn, So t’was in the beginning, nascent time, Untrodden shores, calm seas, the slate is clean.

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Prelude

Posted on June 13, 2015 by

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We wait together, having made it through the white-hoar frostiness that came before,

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Lighthouse in the Mist, Cape May, NJ
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