Birthdays

What's in a birthday?
Hopes and dreams both old and new.
Much like a rosebush.

Photo and text copyright 2012 by Doris McCraw

Prison

What makes a prison?
Iron bars or hardend heart?
Potted flowers bloom.

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Disasters Happen

Disasters happen
Touching each and everyone
Life still continues

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Shadows

Some days we just rest
Watching shadows in our minds
Winds blow them away

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Normalcy?

What is normalcy,
Placing each step one by one?
Reach for green apples.

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Essential Winning

Essential winning
All tension disappearing
Floating like a cloud

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Life Gift

What is your life gift
Shared without expectation?
Nature simply is.

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Early Morning Stroll

Early morning stroll
Accepting all the free gifts
The joy of patience

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Frozen Sentinel

Frozen sentinel
Guarding precious history
A place out of time

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A Western Story

A Western story
Told by the lines on the stone
Dusk softens the view

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Edge of Time

Leading edge of time
Precipice is drawing near
Bud: symbol of growth

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Aging

As we grow older
Priorities seem to change
Taking leaps of faith

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Top of the Canyon

Top of the canyon
Draws the eye always upward
Marvelous journey

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What Color?

Too tired to argue
Is being right important?
Who cares what color?

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Halfway

Halfway up the trail
Pause to look back in wonder
Such a joyful trip

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Saffron Bloom

Saffron colored bloom
Waving delicate fingers
A remembered smile

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Drinking Tea

Savoring moments
Drinking cups of fresh brewed tea
The stillness of time

photo and text copyright 2012 by Doris McCraw

The World Around

In the world around
What is it that draws the eye?
Colors are pleasing.

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Written

Precious memories
Written in the mind's journal
Like a cloud story.

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Sweet Contentment

Rain creates new growth
Surrounded by abundance
A sweet contentment

Photo and text copyright 2012 by Doris McCraw

Weeds

What dictates a weed?
Is it the environment?
How about people?

Photo and text copyright 2012 by Doris McCraw