Topic Tags: nature

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“Roses bloom in radiant resistance / Dandelions scatter like wild prayers…”
Field of yellow dandelions in bloom under a clear blue sky, with trees in the distance on the right.
“Let light / reach all the places where blossoms would wantonly erupt…”
A snowy landscape with bare trees under a partly cloudy blue sky.
“I hear the wind rustling through the trees…”
Birds fly over the city
I walk the trail back to its origins / towards the slow pulse of life / flowing within contorted trunks / honey-colored limbs scarred by lightning
a very narrow trail is surrounded by tall thin trees
Don’t fret about terms, / she croons. / Just watch the squirrels
watercolor by author of a squirrel sitting on the branch of a tree
Hear, O Israel / the prayer was dance / Adonai Eloheinu / there were no pews
a split image, on the left are trees and grass, on the right are buildings and a road
The toy Solar System / gets the revolutions right / but a true scale model / would take up half of town / .
a horizon with the slight orange glow of a sun setting underneath a dark purple night sky dotted with stars and a cloud formation
“The stone, once mud  at the bottom of the ocean / pressed into rock by time, / will outlast me.”
large rock jutting into the water. A person stands on the rock's edge looking out into a bright, cloudy horizon
Words to inspire the act of going into nature and finding a rock for sitting.
a person sitting on a large rock looking into the sea
“You are / the most faithful of flora…”
Close-up of a vibrant Tillandsia air plant with colorful pink and purple bracts against a blue background.

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