Tag: nature
member name: Mike Ellwood
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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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December 14, 2009 03:21 PM EST --
The Lioness
We flock and try to catch another’s eye
But eyes are everywhere and never dwell
For long enough to break the edgy spell
That ties our herd. . . .
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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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April 12, 2009 04:33 PM EDT --
The Fault
The globe contracts. Now feel the wrinkled flesh
Fissure and shift. Perhaps you sense some pain
As crunching rock gives way like crumbling bone . . .
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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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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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June 11, 2009 10:40 AM EDT --
Running High on Inch Strand
Earth's purest air comes tumbling over surf
To charge my blood. The endless ocean roar,
The coursing sky where flashing sea-birds soar,
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November 20, 2009 11:27 AM EST --
SNIFF!
The reek of ape or pig suggests the pall
That we disguise with sweetly scented oil.
Recall that great aunt’s lavender embrace,
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July 09, 2009 05:49 AM EDT --
The Dying Tree
The earth is parched; belief, a dying tree.
Scant shade remains beneath the dying tree.
The ceaseless wind has scorched the canopy.
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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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