Trunk

Green from rainy Spring

Seattle moss wraps both sides

Tight like a cheap suit

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David Rheins

Bark

Weathered, stained and worn
Green with age you bare your bark
Connect dirt to sky

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David Rheins

Turtle Log-Rolling

Log-Rolling Turtles, originally uploaded by DRheins.

Out from cold waters

Into the rare Spring sunshine

A line of boxes

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David Rheins

Spring Triptych

 

Sandcastles, hailstones -
All the crabs are dead ~ bar one -
Shelly Rathmullan.

Pittosporum scent -
Exceeds all else, as night falls ~
The light from the fire.

Stephen’s fleeting blooms -
Passed over since the picture ~
Birdsong persisting.

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Duncan Cleary

Maneki Neko (Lucky Cat)

Good fortune greets us

Beckons from her koi pond perch

Y’all come for dim sum

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David Rheins

Wild Mushrooms

Wild Mushrooms, originally uploaded by DRheins.

Up through sticks and mud

Forest fungus springs to life

A sea of white caps

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Craigslist

Show and Tell

After the applause

the money rolls to a stop

your looks and loves go

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David Rheins

White Blossoms

White Cherry Blossoms, a photo by DRheins on Flickr.

Japanese Cherry

Fills the air, my head with scent

Eyes with mottled light

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David Rheins

Still of the Afternoon

Quiet time of day
Far away machines engage
bugs bark and dogs sleep

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David Rheins