Fern

reading sonnets
grandma’s fern pressed
between the pages

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Photo: Grandma’s Fern, c.b.w. 2020

Words: haiku, c.b.w 2020

Sweeten

geraniums
sweeten the path
bike bells ring

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Photo: Gent, Belgium, c.b.w. 2019

Words: haiku, c.b.w. 2020

thump
a pine cone
drops

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Photo: Willamette National Forest, c.b.w. 2006

Words: haiku, c.b.w. 2020

the stream hums
in tandem with whispering
pine trees

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Photo: Near Payson, Arizona, c.b.w. 2007

Words: c.b.w. 2020

empty streets
stores shuttered
nowhere to go

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Photo: Xian, China, c.b.w. 2005

Words: haiku, c.b.w. 2020