Enter the Meadow
There is a space on the edge of woods, often seen from close and afar -- a place of respite -- where one allows thoughts of every descriptio -- to roost in one's mind -- then come alive through feelings in the heart, and memories from the land.
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Enter the Meadow
I long for cows like the ones who enjoyed the chase – us kids watching their tails swish the way their haunches swayed in the wind and cow pies...
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Hush
the sky is falling into silence upon the meadow and a prayer of awesomeness as sky blends colour into shades of gray and before the flush of dusk...
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The Man and a Boy
Why are people sad sometimes? came from the lips of a ten yr. old. The question returned with another. Are you ever sad? The boy had to think for a...
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My Mama
is a lady of magnificence someone within a framework of body sculptured with reason highlighted with eyes that see all. She’s somebody- a person of...
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A Frieze
of sun continues its feisty stare between cascades of BC mountain air and to my right land-covered in early morning tease- a welcome gift of amazing...
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First Bulge of Sun
peeking from the right then above a shoulder of horizon trees diluting in full panorama shades of clouds reluctant to leave dew-dropped-receding mist...
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A Wish and Other Night Things
Annie ‘pig-tails and freckle- face” was a daring young girl. But names and faces could not hurt her. It was also a bother when some said girls were...
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Mayhem
Life can be fancy candelabra of all description- where finery in life and genteel people relax after haute cuisine that calls for a cigar- and yet in...
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A Man
walked into the woods one day and never came out- his was the life others begged for: fancy cars furs for friends boats to fish with travels to glean...
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Here Birdie
These older eyes see a crusade at the food trough a spirit of young sparrows proudly feathered. An acquired hobby photo-watching birds as children in...
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Where is Hubley
she asks with a voice wrapped in love and bends to plug in the electric heater – his past task but this is another type of dementia morn. His...
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Dream You Life
within my arms. And as I lay here thinking of how I pursued you- that glint that smile in your eye caught me unaware how I dreamed of one like you...
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Hodge Podge
Bags of memory lay across her back as she stared fascinated at the weedy exit from a farm that used to be. It was 63 years ago when Esther left the...
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Little Dyke Lake - Nova Scotia
Lily pads are scattered as green flakes in reckless abandon from my fibreglass bow their green diameters hide under the push of visiting waves...
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Magic & Delight (at twilight)
Like a cauldron of soup in an oversized bowl its inside roils and boils scents of pine and grassy howls tumbling across the evergreens orange and...
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Season's Advent
Dawn is creating silhouettes in layers of invitation- sky’s afire with promise and decks stacked in lobster pots - slatted barriers bait primed-...
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Thunder-Roll
Call me Amy said one day- last night a storm came calling.
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An Historical Rendezvous
Beside a gathering of clouds – a finger of escaping light disappears into the twilight leading my imagination on a magic journey- it is a time for...
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A Platform of Serenity
Silent as a silhouette deer nibble the grass- a succulence after rainfall assures freshness tasty and boldness in its composition. Winter is coming...
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The Night-Time
Over sky and murky overcast on silent feet a magic came oh to rise and spark a dreaming gone too soon sunlight streaming night has come and rest is...
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A Lament for the Good
The roiling sky is like a canvas of emotion - one minute sullenness then puffy marshmallow shapes preparing for fireside singing- a lull in storm’s...
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Come Visit Good
ole Larry – new resident at the Nursing Home – capable of dispensing wisdom on life and natural instincts he’s excited about the move – thought about...
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The Evening Sky Lost
its reverential flavour as the storm swept in from Halifax already covered in sleet ice and eventually snow now raging towards Truro part of the...
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New Horizons
From this tarp nestled upon the land I drew a circle in the sky and watched as stars kept streaming by. A simple journey brought me here to abide in...
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Vagabonds of Memory
Why does early mist smoke about the land as grieving moths in layers of drifting wings and keep morning sun at bay? I know a way into the soul of its...
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Fog
is sweeping into the harbour created by a breach in the landscape. Amid a seascape of activity lobster boats loll in the current fishermen anxious to...
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A Summons
The evening sky opens up my heart with joy- it blends beauty and appreciation in one gulp and I know from the colours lying in twilight layers...
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When Momy Cries
I live in a big city called New York. It’s in America. Today I go back to schole. So I can learn lots. Momy says so. My dress is green. Momy and...
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Joe is the Man
He shuffles in a meandering sort of way up one side of the street down another no special route as long as it gets him home after a long Crossing...
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I Want
to curlicue in a current of wind soaring gliding trading up and down thermals born in the energizing beginnings of time when glaciers grew into...
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Sleep Softly Silently
MOON as you caress my brow. Learn all you can from this mortal man who watches with eyes of knowledge. Your features your movement from partial plate...
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Stairwell to Living
From the bottom of Wood Street to an apartment high above my foot begins to climb - its angle daunting slowly up the sidewalk – a sneaker at curbside...
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Dear Deer
Know that you have eager hooves to journey with: the deer stood eyes and heart awaiting mother head turning to and fro acting like an owl dreaming a...
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In the Natural
Wood fires are glaring and currents of air straining as the moon arises across footprints of shade- then a glow begins to create a pathway in...
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The Tidal Bore
The Tidal Bore begins a miracle from the Atlantic pulsing messages along an ancient route water streaming at a lazy clip- outcroppings of choppy...
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Haze
Haze abides in the underneath of misty morning struggles to sculpt an interval for illumination. Early movement means fishermen with glistening...
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As It Happens
Marching as noiseless trumpets the grass struts forward its green facade bold and lively in a demand for more space after the presence of heavy rain...
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Good Ole Times
Older fishermen never pass away- they always haunt the good spots with a fly and prefer a black shadow pool where the big ones lie on an evening of...
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Who Knew
Who Knew you would grow into a wordsmith and gather phrases as beauty through a collection of letters from a-z and post them for others to enjoy -...
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Continuous And In Motion
The fog of morning was more like a welcome mat than a humid November day. Although vision was limited the air was fresh and without its normal buzz...
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The Wind Is...
The Wind Is my friend – nutritious and delicious as it breathes across my brow in the heat of day doggerel and scorching at times. I can feel once...
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A Sparrow
A Sparrow invaded my backyard space set aside for a favourite – the blue jay resplendent with his Roman-shaped head beak as a sword and flashy...
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Ten More Minutes
Ten More Minutes to say I will miss you to tell you how much I love you to tell you your cooking is so delicious to tell you how much I admire you to...
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A Better Part of Life
I can see love in the outline of a farm where people once lived- a small pond barely seen through a copse and knolls crowding an old barn. I see open...
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I Saw Shadows
of my past in the form of a mother-father and child arrangement- they dropped in to visit across the street then going now conversation and hugs left...
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Each Day is Early AM (2)
EACH DAY IS EARLY AM When I first went to visit my precious daughter, Susan and her husband, Dave on their mini ranch in Alberta, little did I know...
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Happiness is a Bonus
A bucketful of lake and this sunshiny day is a feast of pleasure as rays stream across our features replacing frowns & dire thoughts with options...
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Forget-Me-Not
I long for the charm of evening’s lasting image- of twilight’s song enjoying true satisfaction on this special day. I believe tomorrow will develop...
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World Thoughts
A little waif calling in the wilderness- I hear the strain in his voice – the fear of hunger of loneliness and I hurry to assure him that someone...
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I Can
I Can take you safely by the arm and lead you through alleys of discord and confusion or to a lush green valley where contentment savours its...
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Choices
We often looked in wonder at the strands of steel track which meandered off into the unknown- ten year olds in the 1950’s knew it led to fame &...
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What I Miss
What I Miss is swinging for hours in our backyard the way I used to do riding higher and higher on the swing daddy made for me then growing bolder as...
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I Remember When
In the 1940-50’s we stomped on wooden sidewalks – looked for pennies between the slats & bragged up energy playing tag and wrestling. RR tracks...
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Into the Light
Twilight not just an apparition but a true taste of Nature silent as a bat flipping wings into the solace of a glassy lake- colours whispering in our...
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Portrait of a Forest
The sun warms leaves that grapple with the wind and I lay on the grass contemplating whether to cut it or not- and a gentle wind teases leaves into a...
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When Seasons Collide
Winter gasped me to its bosom as butterfly flakes (more like stars) from an overflowing sky- the suddenness of it all catching me off guard shoving...
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The Day
The Day has come. It glows in brightness as a torch of AM light. Squinting eyes are rubbed.
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By McElmond's Pond
Panting their way up the hill master & dog logged a journey of remembrance fallen trees in the hundreds alongside the shore- a gift from Fiona...
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Foxy-Loxy
A shadow emerges from the edge of a wind-swept brush furry weathered & frizzy-like spread out in every direction his appetite now filled from two...
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Nightmare
Nightmare in the sky as wind trembles trees shaky animals anxious water cresting & people pressing much closer.
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Winter
arrives as marauding flakes cruising through space like an armada of eagles in flight flinging themselves across tree tops – houses & anxious...
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Why Should Summer
Why Should Summer have all the fun sunny days stretched with rays of warmth lakes slapping wet trout poking at surfaces moose bellowing in their land...
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Be Assured
Be Assured dear writers your words do soar from a heart earnest in love for people places & not just idle moments. Your words give way to...
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A Winding Road
Walking down the street no easy task his cane a helpful balance as he struts forward cherry wood its name in this game of walking. Sidewalks uneven...
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Through Our Country Window
Through Our Country Window Rivulets stream thinly down landscape sheerness falling as a multiplicity of confetti drops bubbling & sprinting onto...
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Sharing a Bite
Darkness screams into the night and a wonder seen from my tent calls to me- the growl of a bear cements me to my tracks. I wandered too far away...
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A Posture of Indifference
Once the deer used to decorate this crop of hills many small ones at that along our journey’s grassy path tallying up the ones we saw – today better...
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Time Is Passing
A gathering of colours in evening attire contrast twilight red and landscape green- azure blue with baby skies & heading into day’s lesser light...
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Within The Harmony
From an oversized lily pad a bullfrog croaks his freedom aside a small lake amid a flood of moonlight creating a path of reflection. The forest is in...
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Diaspora
When evening slides downward and shadows creep into view you can hear the lilting tunes from loons hoarding a night sky. There is no comfort in...
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Something to Think About
She’s on the upper edge of age-hood watching time in its determined ways creeping closer – all so clear from her favourite chair on the back-porch...
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The Best of Times
Silent as ghostly silhouettes deer nibble at a terrain of plenteous grass- hurry-hurry Winter’s coming. This grass won’t last under a field of newly...
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