Pocket

a pocket of blue
sky brightens
muddy water

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Photo: McCloud Nature Park, North Salem, Indiana, c.b.w. 2015
Words: haiku, c.b.w. 2015

Morning

sand sparkles leaves glimmer morning sun

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Photo: Forest Park, Portland, Oregon, c.b.w. 2015
Words: monoku, c.b.w. 2015

In the stillness
there is time
to ponder
to believe

The eagle flies
wisdom’s wind
Pine trees sway
a hidden song

The life’s pursuit
needs no waves
Only the stillness
in which to breathe

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Photo: Northwoods, Wisconsin, c.b.w. 2013
Words: free-verse, c.b.w. 2015

silent tower
echoes with bells
from long ago

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Photo: Clonmacnoise, Ireland, c.b.w. 2009
Words: c.b.w. 2015

ivy wraps
black branches
with new life

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Photo: Indiana Dunes State Park, c.b.w. 2015
Words: haiku, c.b.w. 2015