clear winter day
inhaling the crisp air
of home
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clear winter day
inhaling the crisp air
of home
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©️2021 Ontheland
February sun
a flurry of beetles
about the window
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winter sun . . .
the ebb and flow of ch’i
on arctic days
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returning light
the forest glows once more
with bird song
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sounds of a symphony
echo from the clouds
morning moon
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the news is a cacophony of stress … more COVID variants, more positive tests, more deaths, talk of ICU triage guidelines, and the vaccine rollout slowing to a trickle. What can I say? What can I do?
deep snow
on the deck and
it’s still snowing
But who wants to read gloomy observations? Most of us are wanting to be soothed, to forget.
darning
blue mittens
the colour of spring
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Another day at home for the two of us and the dogs. The wind knocks over a shovel on the porch and 55 pound Diesel barrels across the floor barking urgently. The other two dogs chime in, their madness continuing as snow blows its quiet storm.
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playing scrabble
from opposite ends of the room
on smart phones
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morning rush
through the curtain
a clear winter day
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©️2020 Ontheland
A poem for the inauguration of United States President Joe Biden on January 20, 2021:
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on first quarter moon
year one of four for
a new president -—
the promise of
biding time
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under first new moon
they plant a seed . . .
impeachment vote
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The first new moon for 2021 was on January 13, the day the United States House of Representatives voted to impeach President Trump. The time of a new waxing moon is said to be good for planting crops.