Tag: garden
member name: Mike Ellwood
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June 25, 2008 05:55 AM EDT --
June 22 nd 2008
The dawn comes swooping, smearing shades of grey
On grey and deeper grey. The ill-formed clouds
Take fright . . .
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July 25, 2009 04:09 AM EDT --
The Bird-Watcher
The wild and unselfconscious birds take feed
From hanging trays. The sparrows reject more
Than they will ever eat or take to store.
I watch them choose . . .
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July 02, 2008 04:10 AM EDT --
The Old Man and the Tree
The day Jack Brand was born the topsoil moved
Aside, displaced by gentle force, nature's
Relentless strength when roots split free and . . .
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February 24, 2009 06:09 PM EST --
To Snowdrops
Frail, but resilient
Wan petals, yet brilliant
Emerging from drifts
As Winter's coat lifts
See trembling snowdrops.
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August 30, 2009 02:32 PM EDT --
Cotinus Interruptus
Obsession grew. It gripped my mind until
This helpless agent was compelled to act.
I took my saw. Her limbs, her graceful limbs
Were spread, . . .
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May 14, 2009 04:21 AM EDT --
Weeding in May
I plunge my fingers in the warming ground
Up to my knuckles. In this private place
I grope through tender strands of living lace . . .
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July 21, 2009 08:43 AM EDT --
Rising Sap
Deep roots infuse the wood with rising sap,
Bone softens into bud with rising sap.
The rain, transformed within the living root,
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