May 19

Picea omorika

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Who says these trees are evergreen?

Do the other shades go unseen?

This is the problem with labels.

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Each month new tones come to the scene.

There are so many more than green.

This is the problem with labels.

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Chartreuse, emerald, forest, citrine

Gold, crimson, coral, tangerine

This is the problem with labels.

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Traits label omits is obscene

Trees so much more than evergreen

This is the problem with labels

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(A Go Vat Poem)

February 27

Seeing Red

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I explore the warm conservatory

With the goal of finding the color red

Scanning canopy and understory

Looking in containers and planting beds

Miss no detail below or overhead

This quick scavenger hunt opened my eyes

To wonders I may have missed otherwise

Can’t wait to go back and explore again

Looking closely to see the next surprise

It is not a matter of if but when.

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(A Dizain Poem)