Wonder Stories

Child's wonder stories
Catching fish in street ditches
Making great mud pies

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Childhood Dreams

What becomes of dreams
From that faraway childhood
Blossoms of beauty

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Defining Western Part 5

Mountain barriers
Endless prairie and hardship
Overcoming all

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Defining Western Part 4

Men riding horses
Women and children also
Mythology tales

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Defining Western Part 3

Early pathfinder

Paved way for all who followed

Seeding a new growth

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Defining Western Part 2

Traveling westward
Moving ahead of the sun
Toward all things new

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Defining Western Part 1

Defining Western
Journeying toward an end
Sunset of our lives

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Siren Call

Hear Springs siren call
Pull of the stronger magnet
New blossom delight

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Moment of Time

Traveling through time
Estimating every move
Petrified moments

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Special

Special quality
Criterion for all things
Tossed about by wind

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New Creation

Second time around
Strong reactions forthcoming
Creating new life

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Warm Days

Warm days signal change
Inspiring confidence
Reaching for the sky

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Time of Your Life

The time of your life
Season for parting of ways
Turn around it's Spring

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Joy of Winter

Days full of nothings
Responding to needs for rest
The joys of winter

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Slowing Season

Make plans to slow down
Incessant plug in, turn on
Everything season

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No Signal

Life without signals
Confusion already here
Forest for the trees

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Meditation

Speaking of silence
Defeating practice purpose
Hear flowers growing

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Forever Fearless

Forever fearless
Love to soar on life's currents
Through bright colored days

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Unexamined Thoughts

Unexamined thoughts
Ideas of love and loss
Withering away

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End of Cold?

Tolerate the cold
Soon snow and ice are passing
Patience, soon springtime.

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Deep Sighs

Sad sound of deep sighs
Ticking off hours of days
Caught in a streams flow

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Unfulfilled Dreams

The unfulfilled dream
Encased in ice within hearts
Awaiting life's warmth

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