Tag: environment
group name: firsttimewriters
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December 18, 2006 11:15 PM EST --
(I wrote this one on June 6, 2004. Esperehwon* is what I call the little "nature refuge" that surrounds our house.)
Chip - chip - chop chop chop!
Sparrows into Esperehwon*, my how they . . .
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January 20, 2007 11:46 PM EST --
I grew up in California.
I always wanted to live were it snowed.
The only time we got to play in the snow.
Was when we took a trip to the mountains.
I now live in Missouri.
It snows every . . .
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November 30, 2006 09:51 PM EST --
Inspired by the recent insights into haiku and kept awake by the winds hurtling around the house I have had a go - what do you guys think?
Winter storm rages
Oblivious men slumber . . .
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December 02, 2006 01:12 PM EST --
Dec 1, 2006 Snow!! I live in northern Illinois, and we are under
a winter storm warning. There is about 8-10 inches of snow
on the ground this morning when I woke up. . . .
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November 29, 2006 04:54 AM EST --
Conscious mind
Unconscious Mind
What does it all mean
Conscious mind
A swim in the desert
Unconscious Mind
A walk in the sea
The sea
you see
inside of me
In this sea
lies mystery . . .
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January 24, 2007 08:08 PM EST --
it's a brand new day
in the same old life
the sun burns too bright
the pavement stings raw feet
and i still think of you
it's a brand new day
in the same old life
the moon shines too easily
the . . .
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December 20, 2006 11:24 PM EST --
(From November 30, 2004. This backyard tree later fell on our neighbors' garage -- but no one was hurt, and the insurance took care of damages.)
November's gloom befell our skies
Descending . . .
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November 25, 2007 06:12 PM EST --
I do not claim to be well studied in environmental issues. I am a simple housewife sitting in my bedroom on my laptop, in Maryland, in the United States, on the planet known as Earth which is . . .
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January 10, 2007 11:31 PM EST --
On January 2, 2007, a few of us managed to locate the resting place of John Barnett, my 5th great uncle on my Dad's side.
Although just down the road from my home, the cemetery, full of sunken-in . . .
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January 14, 2007 11:43 PM EST --
There was an interesting story on CBS (TV) News tonight. In San Rafael, California, birdwatchers congregate to watch "European starling" formations! They swirl . . .
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August 14, 2007 06:45 AM EDT --
Book TwoBobby (The Not So Great Blue Heron)
The War Of The Mile Long Pier
Chapter 1 : Canada Geese Bobby was fishing for white bass for his tabby cat friend Calawdalonzo . . .
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March 14, 2007 08:00 AM EDT --
For the whole of February and some days in March, I was away from Gather and it felt really strange, not able to communicate with this group that has come to mean so much to me in a short while. . . .
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December 03, 2006 12:06 AM EST --
We watched each day's unending flight
'til all our 'scapes were deep and white
A string of balmy temps so fine
Then down from heaven it came divine
To blanket all in this new month
Where . . .
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January 06, 2007 12:05 AM EST --
Suddenly, slowly, a sick and sad feeling, impossibly seething, enters my mind
Remains of December lay dying in embers, a winter unkind.
The sweet times remembered have now just surrendered, the . . .
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December 28, 2006 03:06 PM EST --
The Green Eyed Monster
It slithers earthward from the fiery depths
Rearing its ugly head, fangs glinting in the darkness
Nostrils flaring at the scent of fresh blood
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January 10, 2007 11:49 PM EST --
(The following is not intended to criticize honest gun owners -- our bulwark against tyranny -- or anyone facing armed conflicts or tyranny, or anyone from any ethnic group. It merely asks, "What . . .
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August 28, 2007 10:05 AM EDT --
“Being a mom is considered a luxury.” It caught my attention this morning as I drove to work a comment that a gentleman said on the radio. They were commenting about a new method to train . . .
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March 01, 2007 06:57 AM EST --
The difference between skies
On different sides
When looking up through light pollution
In this green and septic isle
No reason may i find to smile
Strain your eyes, search aloft to find
The Goddess, . . .
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June 15, 2007 08:51 AM EDT --
Yes he’s back. That one man Republican resistance, that pariah of the pundits, Michael Moore has a new movie scheduled out and it’s a scathing indictment of the insurance and healthcare industry . . .
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January 22, 2007 09:35 AM EST --
I drive my car through trenches carved in snow, I park it in a trench and I walk through trenches. Exchange the ice for mud, throw in some moldy canvas and mustard gas and I would believe that I . . .
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