Winter Branches

Bare winter branches
Dancing in north winter wind
Spring arrival song

Photo and text copyright 2016 by Doris McCraw

Weather

Spring weather whiplash
Patient procrastination
Present in moment

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Complementary

Complementary
Enhancing life's give and take
Cloud, sun, earth balance

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Smiles

Anticipate smiles
Fun heart moving practice
Unexpected joys

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Loneliness

Types of loneliness
Part of dark night of the soul
Far off light constant

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Bird's View

Bird's eye view of life
Larger landscape of the world
Details part of whole

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Conversation

Talk about weather
The ever changing subject
Want conversation

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Nap Time

Afternoon nap time
Rested eyes seen in mirror
Moon rises early

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Captured Moment

Nature, the artist
Creating beauty with ice
Lens captured moment

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Catch Me

Winter's sharp cold bite
Playing around springtime's sun
Catch me if you can

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Gratifying

Learn art of quiet
Gratifying life silence
Even wind whispers

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Up, Down

Up, down, round and round
Child sensation memories
Catching moonshadows

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Coming Change

Howling winter wind
Portent of changes coming
Sweet green sprouts of spring

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True Joy

Remembering past
Anticipating future
True joy with this day

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Erosion

Well of deep reserve
Refilling with quiet time
Banks erode away

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Rest

Laying in repose
Comfortable rest at days end
True life of a cat

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Obsession

Obsessions revealed
Passion for song of the heart
Nature's sweet cycles

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Lovers and Dreamers

Dreamers and lovers
Magic found in blades of grass
Earth turns to their tune

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Rebirth

Melt smoke about self
Ferocious woman is born
Healing velvet night

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New Day

Sunshine sparks new days
Reinvention gift to self
Smiling secret smiles

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Mind Sounds

Sitting in silence
Branches darting to and fro
Mind creating sound

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Love Too Much

Singer's voice silenced
Love encircled voice with chains
Bird's flight set it free

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Simple

Sometimes it's simple
Maze left after fall's colors
New beginning time

Photo and text copyright 2016 by Doris McCraw