Corner Crop

The last daytime sky
Of the year twenty nineteen
Bluest of all blues

dkm 164/365

Warm Winter Afternoon

Loblolly shadows
Across the lawn and driveway
Long, lean, and silent

~dkm 163/365

Fungi Kingdom 16

Red and white mushrooms
Growing after winter rain
I have much to learn

~dkm 162/365

Be Safe, Small One

What happened to you
Warbler, little pine warbler
Why dont you fly off

~dkm 161/365

Primordial

Born in the darkness
Seeking light from within drain
Intrepid fern spore

~dkm 160/365

Horsey Whinney

Robin's alarm call
Something's up in the Wayback
Gray and white cat.

~dkm 159/365

Art in the Round

A fallen knothole
On the path to the Wayback
Lichened and mossy

~dkm 158/365

Lesson From Nature

Despite large cracked limb
Old cherry tree carries on
And blooms every spring

~dkm 157/365

Three Theories

Dead worm in puddle
When the garage door opened
Appeared to be drowned

Why earthworms surface
After rain is a matter
Of differing thought

1. To avoid drowning
2. To migrate more easily
3. Fear of predators

I'm no scientist
But the first seems most likely
Oldest idea

~dkm 156/365

Longest Night Service

One dark rainy day
After the one longest night
Of the year and heart

Anguish of music
At once performed and received
Flute to universe

~dkm 155/365

Winter Solstice

After rain and wind
Two leaves still hanging, left, right
Neighbor's pin oak tree

~dkm 154/365

Left

Right

Note to Squirrels: No Digging!

Camouflaged pansies
Planted and covered with leaves
No fresh dirt showing

~dkm 153/365

Cranberries and Cantaloupe

At the kitchen sink
Isn't the compost bucket
beautiful today

~dkm 152/365

Found in Grass

Some kind of a gall
Growing on cherry tree twig
Is the tree dying?

~dkm 151/365

Weary Travelers Searching

Natural sculptures
Pushing up from underground
Knees of cypress roots

~dkm 150/365

AJC Office @ Perimeter Center Patkway

Vibrations of Gratitude

Her memory fades,
But her fingers can still play
Bach, Mozart, Handel

Each Tuesday morning
A friend comes to play duets
Our flutes harmonize

Sound waves ripple out
to the universe, that we
may repay our debt

~dkm 149/365

On the Patio

Natural pest control
Dear Asian lady beetle
Thanks for being here

~dkm 148/365

Mysterious Levitation

Noticed by young Nick
Book floating above more books
Visual illusion

~dkm 147/365

Planting Memorial Pansies

Compost in red clay.
From whence cometh the healing
power of brown dirt?

~dkm 146/365

Tonight

That beautiful urn
Postlude to the last eight weeks
That beautiful urn

~dkm 145/365

List

Photo books, slideshow
Candles, flowers, and music
That beautiful urn

Tablecloths, napkins
Plates, cups, coffee, cider, wine
That beautiful urn

~dkm 144/365

Ashes

Gritty truths of death
become the realities
that help us face it.

~dkm 143/365

Falling Tones, Quavering

Two red-tailed hawks scream
High over the water oak
Telling our sorrow

~dkm 142/365

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Saturday

The Bustle in a House
          ~by Emily Dickinson

The Bustle in a House
The Morning after Death
Is solemnest of industries
Enacted upon earth...

The Sweeping up the Heart
And putting Love away
We shall not want to use again
Until eternity...

Breath of the Universe

Adieu dear friend
You graced us with your courage,
your joy, and your heart.

~dkm 141/365

American sweet gum tree in Sheila's backyard

Hope

Feather on the path
ushering in a clean new
poetry memoir

~dkm 140/365

Sacred Waiting

Sitting hand in hand
Breathing together as one
Heart and soul to soul

~dkm 139/365

Will to Survive

Lenten rose growing
between rocks, two hard places.
Sown by bird or rain.

~dkm 138/365

Important Distinction

What she said one night
"I'm not afraid to die, but
I don't want to yet."

~dkm 137/365

Ivy Roots

Invasive species
clings to stucco garage wall.
Destructive, virile.

~dkm 136/365

Birthday Pansies

October twenty
Love from Sandy to Sheila.
Planted together.

~dkm 135/365

Double the Pleasure

Double trunk sweet gum.
Two for one in Sheila's yard.
Double the hazard.

~dkm 134/365

Sheila's Evergreen Elegance

Like the long slender
East Indian holly fern,
her beauty endures.

~dkm 133/365