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sumac flowers bunch
amplifying each other
to call hummingbirds
#haiku #nativeplants #pollinatorgarden #garden #colorado
It’s spring, and love is in the air. Even for the diminutive flowers of Rhus trilobata.

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19 Apr

last light—
pellucid, russet as autumn
while land blushes spring green
#haiku #sunset #spring #farmlife #colorado
The moment that revived my weary-from-hauling-and-placing-rocks-for-a-pollinator-garden self. #nature

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18 Apr

"skeins of songs"! I love that last line, Kathleen. <3

Kathleen@everettpoetry

wings aloft
wild geese trumpeting
skeins of songs

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18 Apr

defiant
Indian plum blooms open wide
snowstorms be damned
#haiku #nativeplants #nativetrees #farmlife #colorado
Indian plum trees are the first to bloom each spring, offering pollinators much-needed sustenance. They are undaunted by Rocky Mountain weather.

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17 Apr

dawn smells like snow
peaks hide in low clouds
blackbirds cuss out spring
#haiku #birdsong #spring #rockymountains #colorado
Spring in the mountains is always an edge season—sometimes balmy, sometimes wintry.

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16 Apr

Sneak-peek Book Talk! Join me on Zoom for my conversation with Las Cruces (NM) Press Women. Mon, April 19 @ 6 pm Mountain Time. Register in advance: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMldOmgpj8sE9Nv1WwRNGh5JQRuynNETiJD
#books #BookTwitter #memoir #booksbooksbooks

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16 Apr

peony leaves
cup night's gift of snow
like a prayer
#haiku #garden #springsnow #joy #colorado
Waking to wet snow on April may not sound like a gift, but in this region-wide drought, any moisture is welcome.

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