Tag: nature writing
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Feast
Feast—Could be a stagnant, sunny day; could be soaked and drizzling. Along a row of dumpsters the crows hang out on the truss-work just above. Behind them, in the broad-leafed maple (leaves white with fungus, and crispy-brown singed edges) dozens of crows fly in and out, back and forth. Of the crows that have taken…
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Clover to Clover
Upon finding a honeybee on her afternoon rounds… clover to clover betweenmy feet —breeze
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Weekend at Lake Bumping
Sweeping views, up close micro-views I spent the trip looking for sweeping views, I wanted to see big, grand mountaintops, tree lines, river banks, and we did. We saw it all. when we came back home on Sunday evening -after unloading, and unpacking- I took the dog for a walk and I noticed that I…
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By the Moonlit Pond
The frogs are enticing you tonight as you step out the front doorYou can hear them from a quarter mile away. Usually they sing you to sleep,But tonight they are cooing and purring, drawing you in to their wonderland.Standing in the soft yellow phosphorescent street lights of the parking lot You realize that if you cross…
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Naming Names
We paint our hearts with birdsong and sun-drenched green canopies. The sky was made up of tufts and wisps of sea. Sun breaks. The overnight rain. What we wanted was the same; adventure, joy, connection. One of us ducked off the main trail, down a side path already almost overgrown with new spring growth. So…
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Nighttime Winds
Nighttime winds whip ‘n whorl tree branches, as mist sprays directionless. And in some odd hour of the night limbs are felled without witness. The abundant fragrance of new growth birthed and nurtured at 130’ now sits street side. In the morning, the robin on the high hill bathes in the perfume. He thrashes in…
Daniel J Flosi is Consumed 