With more shades of green
than I can easily count,
trees hail Labor Day.
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Late Summer
Tag: trees
Tanka for This Tree
Old branches long gone:
broken by wind; cut by saw.
New branches coming.
~ ~ ~ ~
Refuse to die? No can do.
Like this tree, refuse to quit.
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Winter Pavane
From late autumn to early spring where I live, leafless trees dancing a pavane is a common winter sight.
Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #63
The Quest For A New Masterpiece Continues … winter
Seen from Inside
Swaying in the wind,
bare trees dance to Earth music
not heard thru the glass.
Swaying in the wind,
bare trees dance to Earth music
not heard thru the glass.
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Looking Up or Down
How something looks may depend on how it is viewed. Consider storm clouds.
Clouds ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #146
Storm Clouds #1
Looking up, I see
trees wary of churning clouds.
Wish I could look down.
~ ~ ~ ~
Storm Clouds #2
Looking down, I’d see
clouds caress dear Mother Earth.
Rain for thirsty trees.
Image Sources
- While doing a little yardwork before predicted rain, I glanced upward and noticed how trees framed a bright cloud in a darkening sky. I ran for my camera and took a few photos. For this post, I tweaked the image to mimic the ominous look I had often seen but not photographed.
- The Blue Marble image was downloaded from NASA Visible Earth: The Blue Marble. Making NASA’s image cost a lot more than making mine. That’s OK. It was money well spent.
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Wisdom in Wood
The haiku titles in my response to
Wisdom ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #124
stretch the word. Another response stretches it similarly.
After the leaves have fallen in a wooded area, the good news is that we get a relatively unobstructed view of the tree trunks and branches. The bad news is that it is not clear which of the trees are alive.
With one exception, all the trees and branches shown in this post are alive.
Wisdom in Wood #1
Singing silent songs
of injury and healing,
trees refuse to quit.
Wisdom in Wood #2
Never die?
No, the choice is to
never quit.
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Deciduous
My response to a CDHK challenge about leafless trees is a haiku attributing lungs to such trees. Why not?
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Deciduous
Lifeless? No, leafless.
Trees hold their breath all winter,
exhale leaves in spring.
Mellow Curmudgeon 
