Posts tagged huronriver
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Seeds in a dried seed husk on a sunny day in winter.

March pulls out the seeds
from the field of dried seed husks —
the sun dazes us.

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The sun about to set behind a teeline next to a river iced over at the edges with shadowed snow on the bank.

The woods are all tracks
leading to the cold river
in blue-shadowed-snow.

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A muste swan floats in a river in winter, ducks sit on ice at the shore.

Mute swan in winter,
she’ll take company of ducks
in the cold river.

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Two deer stand camoflauged in a bare thicket by a river in winter.

The light starts to fade,
golden across the river —
deer stand still, hidden.

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A pair of Trumpeter swans on an icy river's edge with their gray signet.

One with neck folded,
two swans with their young signet,
like feathered ice floes.

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Thick ice cracking on the edge of a river with the setting sun shining on it.

This time of bad news,
the river, mostly frozen,
ice breaks here and there.

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A Trumpeter swan in winter floating on a river.

Head under my wing,
I slept in the snow last night —
color of the moon.

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Frozen water bubbles in a river, one broken.

Death slows down the day,
the permanently unsaid —
the not to be heard.

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Three Trimpeter swans float in a line at a river's edge in winter.

Along the river
our steps are matched by these three
silent winter swans.

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A frozen creek in winter with late day light.

For Jerry

This time of bad news,
the creek takes another form
in the fading light.

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A wedge of Trumpeter swans float on a river in winter.

This time of bad news
a wedge of Trumpeter swans
gliding unbothered.

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A close view of iced-over air bubbles on the surface of a frozen river.

Ducks hunt for acorns
on the iced-over river —
they roll and chase them.

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Animal foorprints on the snow on a frozen river.

Still and Sunday-like,
ice locks parts of the river,
animals walk it.

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Animal foorprints on the snow on a frozen river.

The moon replaced Mars
in the cold overnight sky —
silence with silence.

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Two parent Trumpeter swans and their offspring float on a partially frozen river.

Three Trumpeter swans
glide on the frozen river,
chat to each other.

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A tree trunk and three large rocks at the edge of a river in November.

The air’s been let out,
hardly any birdsong heard,
the bare bones of earth show.

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Faint sun coming out behind clouds to briefly reflect in a river in November.

November sun breaks
weakly on the cold river —
everything changes.

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A deer with antlers in November on a forested riverbank.

Antlers kept above,
he swam across the river
and disappeared fast.

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Canadian geese preen on a riverbank as the sun sets.

Unbothered by us,
geese congregate riverside,
preening with shadows.