Porcupine, Tree Trunk #10

'Porcupine Trunk', Tree Trunk #10

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                                              She was fractured hard

                              from the left

                                              the grass bids solace.

                                                   

                                              The Porcupine trunk ignores it.

Old Sentinel, Tree Trunk #9

'Old Sentinel', Tree Trunk #9

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                             The old sentinel fell

                             many years ago

                                                    but still

                                                    she guards her place.

Tree Trunk #8

Tree Trunk #8

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                           For some time this dragon’s head

                                                 has rested across the bank.

                           Today a beard of icicles,

                                                 not to last in the spring

                                                 green river.

Tree Trunk #7

Tree Trunk #7

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As decay, we grow
      into our surround

                                        effortlessly

Tree Trunk #6

Tree Trunk #6

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Even in death, life.

Poodle j'adore. Good morning.

Poodle j'adore. Good morning.

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Stream Rocks #1

Stream Rocks #1

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Tree Trunk #5

Tree Trunk #5

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Tree Trunk #4

Tree Trunk #4

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                          Stoic and blemish, natural

                             fortitude, leap

                                             and pride.

Gnarled Roots

Gnarled Roots

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                                 Often entropy does not apply

                                     and elephants never forget,

                                         gnarled roots, broken through ground.

                                                         

The Remains of Leaves

The Remains of Leaves

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                            They cling, as we all do,

                                to the change of seasons,

                                   grey winter not quite gone,

                                         yet green spring

                                                                 just beyond.

Willow Shards

Willow Shards

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                       The Willows by the stream,

                                  were cut down,

                                  they took away the shafts 

                                  and left 

                                            the shards.

Spring Portend

Spring Portend

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Tree Trunk #3

Tree Trunk #3

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                         Rot, rotten, through the core

                         termite, ant-mite, felled

                         by wind, left an Oak leaf,

                                      morsel-to-morsel.

Turtle Rock

Turtle Rock

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                               Turtle rock, grass, stick,

                               and snow, come upon mud,

                               move apart,

                                                 seasons.

Tree Trunk #2

Tree Trunk #2

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Guts and glory

begin and end

                          all.

The Snow Recedes

The Snow Recedes

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                            The snow recedes, and 'neath

                            a muck salve to repair for spring

                                                                           s l u d g e  love.

Tree Trunk #1

Tree Trunk #1

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                              Good years, and bad years
                              some that nearly ripped us apart
                              but the snow recedes, the spring comes
                              and soon, our sapling will grow.

Tout est possible

Tout est possible

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[Evergreen Brickworks, Toronto]