Bamboo Forest

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(bamboo forest)

deep within
the bamboo forest
giant pandas feast
while listening to
nymphs play flute

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Hummingbirds

do hummingbirds hide
in a secret red garden
of honeysuckle blooms
when icy turn the feeders
of caretakers in the warm?

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White

leafless tree
stark white limbs await
winter’s first snow

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Prism

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(glass flowers)

hand blown flowers
forever beautiful garden
prism my love
for you and nature
fragility treasured

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Glory

japanese maple
in all her autumn glory
beams brilliant red

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Willow

bend but do not break
willow in a wind storm
wisdom unfurled

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Green

a space of green
flourishes in my garden
not yet touched by frost

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Lost Souls

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(inside the flower)

heart of the flower
close secret of nature
holds souls waiting
to be found by the lost ones
in lifetime of sorrow

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No Barrier

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(photo of wisteria on cactus)

fragile lilac blooms
defy their beauty
cling to barbs and cacti
stone walls no barrier
forever climbing reaching

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Bliss

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(tree in vortex)

sedona canyon
climb the trail to find
perfect spot to meditate
trees in line of vortex winds
spiraled into bliss

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