Category: Poetry and Art
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Respite {poem}
breathe with the breeze. rest here awhile. close your eyes and count melody lines tossed skyward by avian trubadors. rest here awhile. we’ve missed you. Respite © 2022 Tracie Nichols (with help from tree poets found along the path)
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winter solstice {poem}
this solstice day where darkness rules and relinquishes all at once where I am reminded – even through torrenting clouds – that with this particular sunrise our heartbeat-pulsing planet turns our northernmost hemispheric faces toward sun and light and warmth again this solstice day peace lives in knowing that this annual moment will happen today,…
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for Peace #4 {poem}
it’s the leaves, you knowit’s all their doingmasters modelingthis seasonal slipinto surrendertree lungsteaching methe truth oflivingthe way theyrest so trustinglyin the crookedgrey-browndips and hollowsbetween tree kneesthe way they rustle and sighsoft relief sweepsas they gift firsttree then air then earthwith their willingnesswith their fading wild beautywith their wisdomin restingin becominggroundoh….but it’s the promise of theirtender green riseof…
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midnight planning {poem}
the moon and the great horned owl met at midnight I wish I spoke moon or owl or even night they sounded content, as though a dinner party they were planning was coming together nicely and they could rest easy in skies and nests knowing their work was well done I envy them their contentment.…
The EcoAudient Crone 