Hummingbird
Swing
Dancing
Within the
Small dark corners
Around the backyard
Chasse to glean silken floss
Rock-step to a mound of moss
Choreography
Of Nest building
Inside soon
Fledglings
Swing
An Arkquain Poem
May 9, 2020
May 8, 2020
Apotropaic
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Read a new word, not sure how to say it
Apotropaic
Googled and found out it’s a way to say
Keeps evil away
This word’s apt for sage and crucifix
And bulbs of garlic
Some will say they are purely symbolic
While others may believe quite sincerely
What I do know is the meaning quite clearly
Apotropaic keeps evil away and bulbs of garlic
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April 30, 2020
Success(ion)
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A seed lands, crack expands
Roots making life from hard rock
Water feeds new plant needs
In the shade of a great hemlock
Boulder becomes mineral crumbs
Roots, rock, rain in wedlock
Through sun and storms new soil forms
The tale of a forest epoch.
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A Naturette Poem. A poetry form I invented to write about a tiny detail of nature.
The 8-line poem has the following rhyme scheme and syllable count:
6AA
8B
6CC
8B
6DD
8B
6EE
8B
February 20, 2020
Dots dashes spots splashes
Patterns of Morse code for the bees
Moths and flies fly from skies
Descending from up in the trees
Finding sweet nectar treat
At the tail end of winter freeze
Early blooms fragrant fumes
Wake insects from their winter zzzz
Naturette Poem
8 lines with the following syllable count and rhyme scheme about small finds in nature.
6AA
8B
6CC
8B
6DD
8B
6EE
8B
February 20, 2020
Lichens
A pale green glossy sheen
With some rough patches here and there
Foliose, Fruticose
Living symbols of good clean air
Dwell on boles and phone poles
Employing support anywhere
Algal fused with fungal
Look for them nearly everywhere
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Naturette
8 lines with the following rhyme scheme and (syllable count) about small finds in nature.
AA(6)
B (8)
CC (6)
B (8)
DD (6)
B (8)
EE (6)
B (8)
January 7, 2020
Upon Eating a Lychee
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I imagine this
Is like chewing an eyeball
Thank you Stephen King
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January 8, 2020
Liquidambar styraciflua
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Snow boots near spiky fruits
Seeds far from the capsules by now
Dropped in turds spread by birds
Away from the blades of a plow
Just the shell where it fell
After tumbling from a bough
debris under a tree
But still helping with life somehow
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Naturette
8 lines with the following rhyme scheme and (syllable count) about small finds in nature.
AA(6)
B (8)
CC (6)
B (8)
DD (6)
B (8)
EE (6)
B (8)
November 14, 2019
Root System Morphology of Oregon White Oak on a Glacial Outwash Soil
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Deep tap root with fire
And poorly drained soils, gravel
Creates laterals
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A Sciku
September 29, 2019
I called a god on a payphone and all I heard was Muzak
A free call, I stood there, hip on glass, staticky tunes in my ear
Laughing at the absurdity, but laughing, thank you god, I laughed.
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A Sijo Poem
July 30, 2019
Eastern Black Swallowtail Caterpillar
Papilio polyxenes asterius
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On slender stalk
Prolegs prop the pudgy
Dill demolisher
Fennel finisher
Carrot cruncher
Celery savorer
These fleshy stubs stick to stems
Enabling efficient eating and
Methodical mandible munching
In a day’s duration
Leaving nothing but a stark stripped stem
Upon which perches a plump pre-pupa.
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An Alliteration Poem
