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NURTURE
NATURE
Bringing new life into existence
More than just base instinct
Throbbing heartbeat sharing primordial caring
Womb to tomb tender mercy
Awareness fills empty void vacuum
Élan vital life-force mindful spirit
Lost souls regaining common ground
What matters most is love
Born gifted with innate talents
Cradlesong lullaby hugs goodnight kisses
Family recognition supportive tolerant atmosphere
Encourages respectful dignity risk-taking dares
Flourishing abundance in full bloom
Initiatives energized ripeness expanding until
Harvested fruition fades away shriveled Pods sprout again next year
Life cycle rhythms propitious events
Fostered on daily seedling basis
Germinated yield sagging bounty picked
Reminder how tenuous things are
Worrisome sweat watering your dreams
Entangles fearsome weeds choking growth
Firmly rooting hopes with optimism
Radiates sunny disposition cultivating success
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LOVE 2B LOVED
Sparkly
glowing eyes illuminating darkness
Infatuation begins with
alluring smile
Grows with hug-me-tight kissable pucker
And ends with brokenhearted teardrops
LOVE CONQUERS PETTY HATE
Unconditional love madness without reason
Letting go of unwarranted
expectations
Accepting as is habitude discontent
Making partner into somebody else
TAKE LOVE GIVE BACK
Romantic ideals demand soulful satisfaction
Longing desire to be
desired
Seeing without eyes sensory perception
Hearing without ears sound judgment
TRUE LOVE OVERCOMES FEAR
Life without love thorny path
twisted bypass planting
amorous seeds
Stalking rosebuds unfolding gentle nature
Fragrant ardent blossoms arousing passion
LOVE ALL TRUST FEW
Gratified desire screaming delight soiled
Earthbound dreams
struggling to exist
Hyperactive racing pulses can’t get
Enough is never enough said
LOVE YOU ME TOO
Lust differentiates love from sex
Flirtatious tease
vis-à-vis wanton frolic
Averted visual contact parting glances
Declining hearsay comfortably otherwise engaged
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ASYMMETRIC SNOWFLAKE
*Sugarplum visions winter wonderland idyll
**Secret pitfalls good gravy cover-ups
***Mashed potato transfigured
burial mounds
****Gnashing jagged
teeth ground down
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*First flaky crust tread carefully
**Every telling bloody misstep shows
***Thin ice meltdown tenuously
refreezing
****Makeshift rink
skates need sharpening
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*Intense silence unconscious being snowbound
**Droopy pine boughs weighed down
***Blanketed towering lean-to’s
intimately huddle
****Diffuse sunrays
sifting prickly freefall
*****
*Outdoors fun snow-bunny hop slopes
**Majestic mountain takes downhill lead
***Macabre dance of death slalom
****Lonely corpses
jumping to conclusions
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*Haggard ghosts cleft chin stubble
**Licking chops bearded icicles caress
***Powder-puff frosting brows
ruddy cheeks
****Chapped lips
glossy senses numbed
*****
*Revival air exhaling visible breaths
**Quintessential lifestyle reigniting
spitfire core
***Walking tall kneecaps bent
skiing
****Virgin Snow White
signature run
*****
*Crocus fooled into blossoming early
**Fine-feathered migratory snowbirds return
prematurely
***Unanticipated blizzard knotty
hideout shelter
****Hoarfrost seedy
miracles sprouting wings
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H ½ O
Civilization intent on taming flow
Subduing free rein wanton urges
Yet its very wildness is
What makes water so
fascinating
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Essential thirst-quenched manimal survival element
Vital taproot plant life source
Pure origination beneath within
itself
Every last drop so
indispensable
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Landlocked mirror vision murky depths
Freshwater bluegill lakes yellow-belly
sunfish
Sentimental river journey never
returning
Upstream impelling
spawn so engendering ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Wading barefoot sand-jam between toes
Shaky surface reflections shimmering glisten
Swishy mermaid tails shedding
scales
For naked plunge so
refreshing
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Poseidon flanked by nymphal harem
Tempestuous Nereids reign shifting current
Incorrigibly eccentric bends
slinky curves
Siren feminine wiles
so alluring
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Climate Change shattering glass greenhouses
Scorned thunderbolt fury lightning rage
Flash floods clear as mudslides
Tornados funneling
disaster so tragic ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Warmer temperatures rising sea levels
Profoundly affect global water management
Jeopardizing potable supply
famished teardrops
Drowning capsized
hopes so hapless
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GHOST DANCE
Native American eulogy honoring dead
Revelatory vision ominous solar eclipse
Circle dance signifying heavenly
path
Wild horses
stampeding eventide sky
EYAYO!
Messianic cult shaman prophet dreamer
Preaching message of universal love
Promised reunion with recently
departed
Return to Nature
nomadic lifestyle
HEYE’
HEYE’ HEYE’ HEY!
Sacred hunting grounds buffalo herds
Antelope buckskin pine nut harvest
Earth filled with bountiful
abundance
Good old bad old daze
AHO’ HO!
Cottonwood totem starry magic symbols
Offerings to divine supernatural powers
After dark invocations prayers
exhortations
Honorific ceremonial
eagle feather ritual
AO’RI YO!
AO’RI YO!
Facing inward all join hands
Unaccompanied sing-sing begins soft
undertones
Voices swelling to full strength
Rejoicing kindred
spirits fervently hopeful
HA’EYE’YA
HE’YE’YE!
Widows dancing until total collapse
Anticipating thunderbird warriors’ imminent
return
Manic frenzy spasms stretched out
Stiff yet unconscious
hypnotic trance
YE’ YE’!
Hands unclasped arrow snapped calumet
Peace pipe smoked bonfire lit
Powwow celebrating faithful
harmonic coexistence
Coyote howling at
full moon
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DISENCHANTED FOREST
Unlined silver satin cloud sprinkle
Stained dirty linen wrung out
Hand-me-down drizzle grown out of
Drip-dry fabric wrinkles
steam ironed ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ Varicose veined old leafs overturned
Serrate edges rusty switchblade hitters
Bent twisted tongues stirring honey
Yawning crotchety slingshot
stoning outcasts
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Hemmed in by evergreen canopy
Looking up virgin forest’s skirt
Hollow trunk bark tattoos
stripped
Bare limbs spreading
viscous rumors
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Confided secret trusts rapaciously exposed
Stunted growth whippersnappers springing
backlash
Sapling lean-tos wary of trespassers
Lumberjacks milling around
chainsaw massacre / / / / / / / / / / Lapis sky’s slack-jawed mouth
agape
Uncoupled lightning without thunder
accompaniment
Haphazard sewn bolts cross-stitching
zigzags
Ripped open satiated glut
deluge
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Treetop avian trills never repetitious
Stuffing survival down ruby throats
Instinct cannily emboldens flighty
nestlings
Chirping weepy outcry timber
felled
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CORAL
Southern Cross emitting hopeful rays
Silvery tinsel aurora australis afterglow
Gold Coast spawning red coral
Calcerous skeletons
high-spirited reefer madness
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Sun major regenerative energy source
Earth tilting elliptical orbit axis
Circadian clockwork regulates
daily rhythms
All-too-predictable
7/11 rotations open 24 hrs.
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Moonstruck orgy of reproduction exploding
Spermatozoan blizzard mysterious procreation
rite
Obsessive love fest primitive
photoreceptors
Eyeless bluish
flashes sensory perception
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Polyps building stony structure foundation
Gamates released simultaneously
interconnected colonies
Forming viscuous surface
identical hermaphrodites
Both sexes organs
genetic makeup
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Swirly luminous glow-in-the-dark pink flotsam
Fertilization process forming baby planula
Free-swimming broody larva jetsam
slicks
Sticking together
avoiding predatory advances
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Erosion resistant algal marine ridges
Crucial ecosystem life stock resources
Pristine environment threatened
by over-fishing
Sedimentary pollution
natural balance upset
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PETRIFIED WATER
Rivers no longer flow into
Oceanic caldera boiling reduced to
Simmer steam open sea evaporation
Lid pried off plug yank
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Seeping moisture slowly dried up
Still life seascapes drained mercilessly
Wave swells lay dying on
Distant shores naked
refuse exposed
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No longer fit for habitation
Swimming scuba diving breathless drowning
Moving with vanishing ebb drift
Windswept continents kept
off balance ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Detritus rained down upon decomposed
Sunken graveyards spent cockleshells clutter
Bittersweet rusty oasis eaten
away
Embedded clay fossils
left behind
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No creature as deadly as
Spitfire raging sun’s relentless scorch
Medieval alchemy cockeyed
maritime portent
Unfathomable geological
omen empty forevermore ^^^^^^^^^ Looming hawkish osprey voracious
scavengers
Unhinged pirate treasure chest doubloons
Nowhere to be found swagger
Grandeur gone forever
undeniable lost ^^^^ Finality skipping stones across wavelets
Impulsive ripples tickling barefoot
swashbucklers
Ignoring rocky clamor frothy surf
Hurled against sheer
ragged cliffs
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SNOWFLAKE ILLUSIONS
*Sugarplum visions winter wonderland idyll
**Secret pitfalls good gravy cover-ups
***Mashed potato transfigured
burial mounds
****Gnashing jagged
teeth ground down
*****
*First flaky crust tread carefully
**Every telling bloody misstep shows
***Thin ice meltdown tenuously
refreezing
****Makeshift rink
skates need sharpening
*****
*Intense silence unconscious being snowbound
**Droopy pine boughs weighed down
***Blanketed towering lean-to’s
intimately huddle
****Diffuse sunrays
sifting prickly freefall
*****
*Outdoors fun snow-bunny hop slopes
**Majestic mountain takes downhill lead
***Macabre dance of death slalom
****Lonely corpses
jumping to conclusions
*****
*Haggard ghosts cleft chin stubble
**Licking chops bearded icicles caress
***Powder-puff frosting brows
ruddy cheeks
****Chapped lips
glossy senses numbed
*****
*Revival air exhaling visible breaths
**Quintessential lifestyle reigniting
spitfire core
***Walking tall kneecaps bent
skiing
****Virgin Snow White
signature run
*****
*Crocus fooled into blossoming early
**Fine-feathered migratory snowbirds return
prematurely
***Unanticipated blizzard knotty
hideout shelter
****Hoarfrost seedy
miracles sprouting wings
*****
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WARP
Borderline fantasy or sheer insanity
Wavy bent curves separate imagination
From uncontrolled surreal wild hallucinations
Whimsical passion yielding outlandish weirdness
Indulging in quirky nightmarish visions
Where does sound reason end
And disorderly madness take over
Bizarre unconventional wisdom oddly far-fetched
Art compensates for life’s imperfections
Mixing eclectic sensibilities moods styles
Dipping brush into wellspring fountainhead
Painting nature in own self-image
Probing ever more deeply unexposed
Recesses mindful confusion reeking havoc
Precarious breathless edgy balance upset World of eccentricity slightly
off-kilter
BREAD
Miracle workers knead rising sun
Goldfish slice of life parables
Flour puffs spanked wonder bred
Pita pan never-neverland pockets
picked
Crusty loaves golden buttery
meltdown
Breakfast toast cinnamon stardust sprinkled
Half-baked lies berry jarring preserves Sandwiched rush hour
traffic jams
RICE
From Asian womb everyday sustenance
Amah maidservant wet nurse pacified
Lips bent on scooped mouthfuls
Delicate shrunken pearl polished
gems
Steamy fragrant jasmine aromatic
come-on
Chili peppers titillating taste buds
Diffuse translucence nourishing chewy fluff Guarantee of
satisfaction belched thanx
NO ENTRY
Plight of in limbo stateless
Pledging out of bounds allegiance
Homeless refugees abandoned by Fate
Promises unkempt signal fires
ignored
Fault line tremors run deep
Melting pot tension boiling over
Aflame with rage frustrated anger
Steamy ethereal options evaporating scald
NO EXIT
Wages of weevil compensation unpaid
Accordion folds squeeze play ghettos
Boxed in bottom falls out
Rat infested hoods uncollected
garbage
Unexcused absence of malice victims
Declared youthful innocence pardon exonerated
Pre-sentenced guilt unable to cope
Illusions
work better than truth
NEAP TIDE
Connect the dots pointillist seascape
Stippled tide etching rocky strand
Purple flecks uncultivated prickly wildflowers
Thistle butterfly freakish painted
lady
Towering sentinel fronds tickling
fancy
Pinnate see-through fringe seductive striptease
Branchless trunk crowning glory adorned Palm lined ruts
foretelling resurrection
Burnt toast sprinkled with cinnamon
Refined molasses passing for maple
Syrup sap bubbling brown sugar
Dark crystal gazer quartz divination
Already dead corpses reliving
daydreams
Paradisiacal spareribs evermore once removed
Stingrays tanning leathery naked truths Whip-like tail
inflicting painful pleasure
Rotated kaleidoscope mirroring shattered glass
Constantly changing colored bits designs
Wading shallows drop-off undercurrent tow
Shiny sharkskin bony skeletons
afloat
Humpback to Sun bent spine
Crouched fetal position sea legs
Tucked under over entwined hemp
Dropped anchor rope frayed endlessnesssssss
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EBB TIDE
Bonfire poking raked memory embers
Dousing crestfallen waves of discontent
Flames licking chops nudging coals
Smoldering ashes petrified driftwood
sparks
Smugly uptight mussels blue-black
riffraff
Shucking hinge jawed happy-go-lucky clams
Coupled pearly shells nacre veneer
Wrinkled conscience rough edges smoothed
Featherbed oysters secreting gritty androgyny
Whimsically changing sex at will
3-chambered heart pumping colorless blood
Culture planting artificial wisdom
seeds
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Fan-shaped scallops claptrap bivalve
percussion
Radiating fluted pattern flamenco castanets
Molluscous accordion pleats breathing gills There’s no
tomorrow moment-to-moment existence
Naïve starry night vision illusions
Annual ritual sacred burial grounds
Laid turtle eggs left unattended
Do not disturb trusting nature
Rock-a-by cradle of civilization
lullaby
Sandman filling bottomless tin pails
Shaking off twilight sprinkling stardust Calloused barefoot traces
swashed away
LEAP FROG
Aquatic larval stage squiggly tadpole
Swimming its way to maturity
Secreted inky tail gills disappearing
Moments never stop opening out
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Floating pod scooped out trunk
Uneven keel lapping shallows
Timing outreach between rip tides
Toadstool dangling from
tapered bow
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Perplexing polliwog rear end stem
Detached green hull rudder free
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Exposed slender ribs
lying outstretched
Swept
wherever by wanderlust drift
( ( ( ( )
Baring all discarded foreskin filtering
Anguish soul wrapped in cloud
Warm flesh star-eaten quilted
blanket
Taking cover in newfound
body
) ) ) ) (
Heaven reaches down sampling horizon
Ethereal vanishing point never converges
Amphibious landing terrestrial breeding ground
Prince Charming quicksand castle
erections
GIANT SEA TURTLES
Always at home within itself
Under oval glazed tile roof
Protective escutcheon dome lumbering giant
Overgrown pebble massive polished
stones
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It takes twenty-five years for
Males to reach sexual maturity
Twelve days for food to
Pass through leathery wrinkled bodies
Wide hinged horny toothless jaws
Thick ribbed close-knit turtleneck sweaters
Retractile duck and cover pugilists
Avoid confrontation shell shocked
withdrawal
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Brackish shadow puppets standstill
reflections
Slow yet sure unhurried pace
Hundred plus year old survivors
All too predictable subterranean routine
Primal cause instinct annual return
Predestined to same spawning ground
At appointed propitious eventide hour
Beneath heavenly vault of darkness
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Poised like recumbent open umbrellas
Eggs dropped into porous sandlot
Leaving behind brittle dorsal carapace
Vulnerable to looming beachhead threats
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DOVES
Frowning nightfall intoxicated stray outsiders
Grow steadily cantankerous discordant pack
Of roving mangy stranded tufts
Uninvited guests crashing pajama
party
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Repetitious gurgled loveless mating coos
Redshank pigeon-toed grasp turned inward
Curled onto windowsill ledge
unnerving
Glaucous eyes draining
waxen ears
**
Dissonant off-key loud din stupor
Drowning out perfect pitch nature
Echoes reverberating
within mute echoes
Disturbing
drowsy attempts at sleep
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Midst total
darkness passing slowly
Each hour indelibly
marked older
Swallowed conditional pecking order
pellets
Caught in parched throat gullet
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Scheming inexhaustible
ways to prevent
Self-appointed god of chromatic
dreams
From making his somnambulist rounds
Sandman’s soporific task mission accomplished
*****
Jalousie wingtips ruffled feather
illusions
Spread fantails shaken in gloom
Dusky moonglow horizon turning over
For a few last winks
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Claws hammering homeless secret message
Flaring beak snout beady gaze
Lights out narcissistic reflections seconds
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