June 3, 2025 · 11:59 pm
Blooms
Ditch lily frilly. /
White hydrangea pillowy. /
Summer blooms silly.
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May 21, 2025 · 8:55 pm
Desires
Through its own desires, /
the Virginia Spiderwort /
returns and blooms.
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May 9, 2025 · 9:09 pm
Sweet iris
Sweet iris, three blooms: /
birth wrapped, life unfurled, death gnarled. /
Three phases, one root.
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May 4, 2025 · 11:01 pm
Dance
Some Iris bloom /
while other Iris blooms die. /
Light and shadows dance.
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April 30, 2025 · 12:41 am
Evening
Iris veins and beards /
shine in sunlight’s last fingers. /
Evening’s dark heart blooms.
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April 10, 2025 · 11:25 pm
Compassion
Compassion flowers /
within and then blooms outward /
until it gardens all.
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April 1, 2025 · 9:21 pm
Soft bread
Blooms on a cold day. /
Peanut butter on soft bread. /
Simple pleasures.
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March 30, 2025 · 12:39 pm
Holding
Pandora held her hope. /
Schrödinger held his question. /
I hold blooms and rain.
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February 25, 2025 · 12:32 am
Spring in February. Cocuses and daffodils. Purple and yellow. #022418
Grasp
Oppressing hands grasp /
through fear and not respect. /
Blooms still share beauty.
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August 6, 2024 · 11:48 pm
Interdependence
Twin blooms share one stem, /
mixing soil, sun, and water: /
interdependence.
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