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The Bold and the Beautiful
I view you with scorn. Pitiful, I label. Naive beyond belief. Do you not feel it in your bones, this Frost creeping, cadaverous mongrel, seeking your flesh? No one who knows what Saskatchewan winter...
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Daybreak
You live in the land of the Dawn, the place where Light is being born. Darkness grips you still, as labour pains begin. You exist in the Between, the not-yet, the middle of the fairytale, where witches...
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Chromaticity
She fought it hard, this slow death. Every photosynthetic cell that relinquished its green became the Enemy – each sag, each ache, each decaying limb strangled her dreams with dry rot, made hope a...
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As the Wheel Turns
And the colour wheel cranks out its liturgy – opposites make the best bedfellows, draw out the richest blooming. . So too this heart, when double crushed, rises atmospheric to negate the blow. So...
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Where the Sun Don’t Shine
Stiff upper lip and thick skin blocked some of the blows,sure. But they also blocked something she needed more than oxygen, more profoundly than safety, more urgently than bars. . And now that she’s...
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When Poppies Fade
When poppies fade, our memories Are washed in sepia, photo sleeves With tattered corners tucked away In dusty albums’ slow decay. . When poppies fade, recollections Fall, dead leaves in mass...
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Outside the Lines
O bloodied branch, femoral artery feeding lusty lies, if self is emptied out (radical transfusion), might your stump become a tree of Life for me? Might skin, peeling, bare veins which would bleed,...
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Happily Never After
Father Frost descends and nips The world with frosty fingertips, Nudging verdant green aside, Dressing all in brilliant white. . Autumn colours kissed by cold Now sink beneath his frigid hold;...
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The Art of Communication
Nature’s brush, with frosty bristles Daubs a crust to coat the thistles, Elevates from plain to glory, Tells a tale, redemption’s story.Filed under: Autumn, Beauty, Gratitude, Growth, Hope,...
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Her Brush With Death
The frost that ruptures arteries and makes her foliage weep is also master of the brush that earns true glory’s keep, for as he paints the crimson tide with blood as palette’s edge, his lines mark...
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Adieu
Nodding golden halo-crown, Petals wrapped in dressing-gown Curtsy low and, praying, bend To usher in the Summer’s end.Filed under: Autumn, Beauty, Fragility, Letting...
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Imitation
You are the gold and I the reflection; I am the copy, You, its perfection. If I can but mimic Your brilliance and hue, Impressionist painting could point hearts to You. Filed under: Autumn, Beauty,...
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Passing Away
Autumnal glory, haloed gold, Crown of splendour from of old; Dying embers, kingdom come, Truthful speech from ashen drum. Filed under: Aging, Autumn, Beauty, Christianity, Fragility, Imagination,...
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Great Expectations
The seeds of Great Expectations rooted deep, but she tasted their fruits not in the fair soil of trinkets fashioned from sturdy stems, cabinetry of beauty and elegance displaying the wares of Kings,...
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Drink
Linger at the shore Where colours collide with thirst; Swallow Autumn whole Filed under: Autumn, Beauty, Haiku, Imagination, Nature, Poetry, Seasons Tagged: autumn, enjoyment, fall colours, forest,...
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Woven
Earth’s rich tapestry Spun from individuals Stronger together * Fall flax fieldFiled under: Autumn, Haiku, Identity, Nature, Poetry, Possibilities Tagged: community, fabric, haiku, hope, metaphor,...
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In the Closet
Rattle, creak and groan – Season’s changing of the guard Reveals skeletonsFiled under: Autumn, Beauty, Haiku, Imagination, Nature, Poetry, Seasons Tagged: autumn, changing of the guard, creak, groan,...
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Thanksgiving Parade
Pumpkins paint the garden coral, Arbours don their Sunday best; Grasses nod in shades of sorrel, Geese sing hymns upon their quest. Raindrops augment sweet perfume As Autumn acts her great charade; All...
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Fall Fugue
Nights turn cool and crisp Autumn’s cheeks blush tangerine Harvest song of hopeFiled under: Autumn, Beauty, Hope, Nature, Poetry, Seasons Tagged: autumn, beauty, haiku, hope, photography, poem, poetry,...
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Autumn Fairytale
Rapunzel and her golden tresses, Cinderella’s magic dresses, Snow White’s skin, Beauty’s grin, None compete with Fall’s successes.Filed under: Autumn, Beauty, Nature, Poetry, Seasons Tagged: autumn,...
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