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This morning at the farms along the road

Twelve wild turkeys on their barnyard tour lumber from the woods

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ellensymons Animal, Poem Leave a comment Mar 25, 2018 1 Minute

Ice cracks across sloughs

A late-winter haiku

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ellensymons Haiku Leave a comment Feb 26, 2018 1 Minute

The late March snowfall

The late March snowfall melts on Sunday: brown cows sprawl on matted grass

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ellensymons Haiku 4 Comments Mar 30, 2016Mar 30, 2016 1 Minute

Fierce broom

Spring pulls back the rug points at winter's housekeeping and wields a fierce broom. ____________________

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ellensymons Poem 4 Comments Apr 14, 2015Apr 14, 2015 1 Minute

Mad for a moment

Fling open the door: the wind blows cold but we hear chickadees and as the snow peels back smell mud a hint of greening and Spring's buds inching toward light. Impatient to be out of its woolens and flaking cells our skin clamours to be bared against soft sun, our hair daydreams of a ruffling … Continue reading Mad for a moment →

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ellensymons Poem Leave a comment Mar 29, 2015 1 Minute

Geese will arrive

The air bites, sharp as Winter's kiss. But wait: Geese will arrive, necks stretched, wings spread, pulling a softer wind to wrap our fresh-bared skin. ____________________

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ellensymons Poem Leave a comment Jan 3, 2015Mar 22, 2015 1 Minute

Now the goodbyes

Spring Equinox, gone - Summer Solstice, scant days past. Now the goodbyes start.

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ellensymons Haiku Leave a comment Jun 28, 2014Jun 23, 2014 1 Minute

Young lettuce beckons

Young lettuce beckons. Waked, startled, night's small spiders step back as I pick.

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ellensymons Haiku 3 Comments Jun 22, 2014 1 Minute

Morning rains end

Morning rains end, green cups liquid gems, geese lift off, dawn sighs and stretches.

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ellensymons Haiku 4 Comments May 16, 2014May 19, 2014 1 Minute

The cardinal announces

His bright voice swoops through bare branches, spreads across the grass, Woosh, and he sits on the wood fence head bold as a warning throat an unquenchable fire wings like an ambush Zooming across the garden to his brown-and-rose mate at the top of the stark old maple he proclaims the day's beginning.

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ellensymons Poem 2 Comments May 10, 2014 1 Minute

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