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Seasons in 17 Syllables: Winter to Spring

Seasons in 17 Syllables: Winter to Spring

Seasons in Seventeen Syllables

April 3, 2020

Tagged haiku, National Poetry Month, poems, spring

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Soft sun touching cold High eaves unbroken dripping February thaw

Sky gray-white flat close Cold drizzle softening ice Bitterness ebbing

Sodden-dark trunks rise Black mud soft-edged graying snow Green rhododendron

Sun-bereft morning Icy melting monochrome Evergreen broken

Gray-white hovers low Weeping away ice and snow Cold tears bear rebirth

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We only had half an hour, but 11 crayfish and one

We only had half an hour, but 11 crayfish and one brown salamander. 😊

#creekwalking
#getoutdoors
#explore
#beingjoel #beyou

Kids + creek = 😊 #getoutdoors #findthebeauty #

Kids + creek = 😊

#getoutdoors #findthebeauty
#creek #rocks
#ilovesummer
#redhairedkids #
#beingnora #beingjoel

Frogs at a friend's 🐸😊 #frogs #ilovesummer

Frogs at a friend's 🐸😊

#frogs
#ilovesummer
#findingbeauty

Butterfly at the ice cream shop #whiteadmiral #re

Butterfly at the ice cream shop

#whiteadmiral
#redspottedpurple
#butterfly #shadows
#findthebeauty

Another moth. On a good book. #herald #owletmoth

Another moth. On a good book.

#herald #owletmoth
#amreading
#ilovemylibrary
#warandturpentine
#getoutdoors
#lookforbeauty

More critters of July... #grasshoppers #spidermis

More critters of July...

#grasshoppers
#spidermissinglegs
#beetle
#getoutdoors
#findthebeauty

Got my hairs trimmed and grays covered. All soft a

Got my hairs trimmed and grays covered. All soft and smooth and shiny...

#brazilianblowout
#beingme #beyou

Tiny rose #miniaturerose #pink #findthebeauty #g

Tiny rose

#miniaturerose #pink
#findthebeauty
#getoutdoors
#joyofsmallthings
#ilovesummer
#mybackyard

Red raspberry... Yum... #simplepleasures #joyofs

Red raspberry... Yum...

#simplepleasures
#joyofsmallthings
#findingbeauty
#ilovesummer
#mybackyard

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