Gathered

Time's frozen moments
Gathered for eternity
Lost in an instant

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A Beginning

Just a beginning
Always perform follow up
Way of nature's growth

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Big Day

Tomorrow's big day
Celebrate sunshine and warmth
Hard work paying off

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Quiet

Don't have much to say
Sometimes one needs the quiet
Feeling winter cold

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Vibrant Discussion

Vibrant discussions
Gather comfort from belief
World's diverse beauty

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Summer Days

Deal with agenda

Myriad circles in sand

Dream of summer days

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Instincts

Tap instincts within
Tuning in to unspoken
Surviving winter

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Within Time

Moments within time
Full of myriad stories
Frozen water drops

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Allowing Growth

Great gift to the world
Hearing what is underneath
Allows seeds to grow

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Listen

Special word, listen
Leave your agenda at home
A world needs your ear

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Footsteps

Footsteps match heartbeats
Noting the rhythm of our lives
The sunrise, sunset

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Feasting Over

Feasting day over
Efforts made at peace worthwhile
Evening's gentle time

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Thanks for What

Giving thanks for what
True reason not always clear
Beyond river's bend?

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Survive Thanksgiving

Survive Thanksgiving?
No agenda, just listen
Landscape of beauty

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One Day

Week of thanksgiving
Wrapping a year in one day
Sunrise and sunset

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All Life

All life is rhythm
Wind, flowers, are what they are
Each share a beauty

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Your Choice

Theme of love and hate
See two sides of a same coin
Always choosing light

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Evenings Secret

What makes the heart sing
Body mind joining in song
Eventide's secret

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Relive History

Relive history
Grabbing emotional past
Time frozen in stone

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Pinprick

Unknowable-known
Dissecting life's conundrum
Pinprick in night's sky

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Now

Not living drama
Unnecessary judgment
Beauty in moments

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True Class

Defining true class
Living by a Golden Rule
Nature's reflection

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Awaiting

Sunlight fading fast
Awaiting Winter Solstice
Dance in moon shadows

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Weekend

Go, pull back, take off
Weekend joy before Monday
Shadows of sunset

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The Whole

Show the  world faceless
Chameleon existence
Creating the whole

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Music

Music swells the heart
Measure each life giving beat
Catching wind's secrets

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Fascination

World fascination
Literally infinite
Journey over hill

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Water's Flow

Water streams like time
Observe ocean's web and flow
Breathing in and out

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Hear the Call

Whispers blow through time
Sounds strongest and powerful
Appear in sunsets

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Playtime

Taking time to play
Joyous fun in the backyard
Big as all outdoors

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Dreamer

Dreams of the dreamer
Fantasy becoming real
Nature's hidden tale

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Winning Hand

Grasp a winning hand
Embracing gold life accords
Inhale fall's fragrance

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Shadows

Stage of restoring
Moments when life draws within
Shadows of moonlight

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Unique Voice

Depart the silence
Unique voice part of the whole
Nature's common ground

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Time Traveler

Traveler through time
Sees many correct answers
Prismatic blossoms

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Apex

Embracing zenith
Divesting bonds of fear
Loftiest mountain

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Tempest

Tempest blowing through
Denuding trees, pulling leaves
Laying bare true form

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Footsteps

Footsteps on flagstone
Insects sounding in silence
Echoing lost souls

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Tears

Sometimes tears will fall
Without a rhyme or reason
Sweet cleansing spring rain

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Time

Holding to moments
Crystallized time memory
Earth capturing all

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individual

Individual
Separate part of the whole
Root, limb, bark and leaf

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Common

Fluttering of wings
Special moments at sunset
Common gathering

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Expectations

End of day stresses
Expectations gone awry
Each darkness brings light

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Heart

Feel a heart beating
Pulsating its own rhythm
Laying bare the soul

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Unfounded Tales

Standing in limbo
Mind full of unfounded tales
Fall trees shedding leaves

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Free Wheeling

Sweet free wheeling life
Childhood joys in later years
Fall's beautiful time

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Field of Feeling

Field of lost feeling
For too long lying fallow
Season to harvest

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Harvest

Harvesting summer
Remembering all the joys
Creating new dreams

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Big Dreams

Chasing the rainbow
Following our hearts big dreams
Right before the eyes

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Research

Days spent in research
Finding stories from the past
Mountain mysteries

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