Time

A concept of time
Minutes,hours,days,and years
Eons seen in stone

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Winter Energy

Winter energy
Frost art covered window panes
Shadows of the moon

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Arctic Air Blast

Arctic blast of air
Folks act like world is ending
Flowers just sleeping

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What We Call Gift

That which we call gift
Receiving education
Water allows both

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Holiday Eve

Holiday finds us
Happy and sad memories
Bright lights move back dark

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Cold Wind

Coldest bitter wind
Diamond studded nighttime sky
Year's next longest night

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Snow Outside

Snow outside window
Memories hidden deep inside
Burst forth in silence

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Early Traveler

Early traveler
Lost in Westward movement
Left marks on the land

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Loner

A Western loner
Extraordinary myth
Moon lights up the night

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Many Miles

West of where we are
Joy despite the many miles
Sun sets on our lives

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Twilight

Night arrives early
Sun behind Western mountains
Twilight's blessing blooms

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Living West

Living in the West
Storied historic journeys
Carried on the wind

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Season's Subtle Shades

Breathe in the season
Choice of many other options
Color's subtle shades

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So It Goes

Day of warm sunshine
Blessing before coming change
So goes each cycle

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Reality Check

Reality check
Morning comes on wings of birds
Oh how we all dance

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Shortest Days

Daylight fades quickly
Striding toward shortest day
Circle to summer

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In a Dream

Only in a dream
Craving what never happened
Gently rolling stream

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Earth Sighs

Interesting facts
Looking for a listener
Earth silently sighs

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The Voice

Searching for the voice
Siren call in wilderness
Found in silent nights

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Amid Chaos

Thoughts amid chaos
Journeying to find center
Special succulent

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Rest Stops

Pondering each day
Time gone, never to return
Rest stops on the way

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Sweet Cold December

Sweet cold December
Snow, blustery wind, sunshine
Leads up to years end

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Week of Thanks

Week of giving thanks
Feeling of what you can find
Hiding in plain sight

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Thankful

Thankful for heroes
Living and those who passed on
Just like blades of grass

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Thanks

Rocks on the journey
Swept aside on tide of friends
In river of life

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Brilliant Ideas

Brilliant ideas
Like falling leaves of autumn
Thankful to catch them

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Work To Be Done

Sunset to sunrise
Will have fallen and crumbled
Sweet work to be done

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Counting Down

Counting down to thanks
Head toward night of this day
Present, past beauty

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Joyful Life

Watching cat's movements
Stretching, sleeping and playing
Joyful way of life

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Summer Leftovers

Summer leftovers

Reflected in still water

Bittersweet beauty

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True Dreams

Awaiting true dreams
Finding a truth deep inside
Far seeing landscape

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Harness A Dream

To harness a dream
Mixture of yellow and rose
Like leaves intertwined

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Simple Measure

A simple measure
Happiness versus sadness
Nature offers both

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Stuck

Longing for weekend
Push forward day after day
Stuck in middle stream

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Fear and Joy

Some fear the dragon
Some jump for the joy of life
All may bless sunlight

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Listening Is Art

Listening is art
Understanding each brushstroke
Like high winds and breeze

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Memory Day

Day of memory
Honor those who give so much
Mountains to prairies

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Winter Arrives

Last minute changed plans
Disappointed, but no anger
Storms cold wind and snow.

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Time's Moments

Time's precious moments
Forging trails through the unknown
Peacetime at sunset

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Time Wins Out

Search for easier
Following myths of the past
Time always wins out.

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The Past

Looking at the past
Our heroes can do no wrong
The rose does have thorns

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False Friendships

How to heal the pain
Of being an afterthought
Life equalizes

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Journey's End

Roses, tumbleweeds
Our notable existence
Met at journey's end

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Halloween

A veil between worlds
Real or imagination
Nighttime hides secrets

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Tenuous Brilliance

Glorious golden sphere
Mocking, honoring sunlight
Tenuous brilliance

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Returned Gift

Taking gift of sleep
Daylight spins a spider charm
Plants return in time

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The Muse

Sometimes the muse leaves
Fall wind stripping branches bare
Sleep awaits the dream

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Cocooning

Time of cocooning
Acceptance of life's cycles
Change flower to seed

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Footsteps Out of Time

Footsteps out of time
Dreams bigger than all outdoors
Mountains yet to climb

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Gift of Stories

A gift of stories
Scattered amidst the headstones
Deep in soft grasses

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