Tag Archives: nature

Oh, You Planet Earth!/Earth Day 2013

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Monica

Member of the Family Call me mother, call me father call me source of life and strength call me sister, call me brother call me only home and hearth call me garden of paradise call me member of the family … Continue reading →

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Captured!

Posted on January 26, 2013 by Monica

Capture Me, Poetry Capture me, Poetry, and don’t let go!  Sneak up beside me at the symphony* Track me down trails in Yellowstone Seize me when least expected  Shadow me by sunlight Encircle me by moonlight Overcome me by starlight … Continue reading →

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The Extreme Gravity/Distorted Reality Show

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Monica

Black Hole at the Center  Eagle Galaxy remnant of an exploding star a fading celebrity avatar emits no light casts no glow gas and static are its outflow* the raspy noise of promise unkept opportunity squandered challenge unmet collapsing brilliance … Continue reading →

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More from Yellowstone

Posted on June 12, 2012 by Monica

Here are some more pictures from Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons: The Deluge Swan Lake the day we arrived, and the last time we saw blue sky.                                                                 This is the largest bear print I have ever seen.  Further down the … Continue reading →

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I’m Bigger Than You Are

Posted on June 3, 2012 by Monica

A Most Interesting Game It was a wet, wet week in Yellowstone.  Probably a good thing, and it didn’t keep us off the trails.  Torrential downpours, late spring snow melt, and new snow combined to turn the trails into lakes … Continue reading →

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Off to Yellowstone!

Posted on May 19, 2012 by Monica

MELODY OF THE FIREHOLE RIVER Urgent green insistent gold-brown fullness of spring water plays its deep-toned melody in a fast, loud, on-rushing rumble more dramatic than the quiet contemplative alto the higher-pitched gurgle of summer’s gentle blue.

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Birth Announcement/Wild Wolf Encounters

Posted on April 14, 2012 by Monica

WILD WOLF ENCOUNTERS True Stories of Wolves in the Wild with pictures, poems, and links to videos Dear Bloggers, You know from my posts and poems that I am interested in and concerned about wolves.  I have been lucky enough … Continue reading →

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Spring Dare

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Monica

Here are some redbud pictures and poems from this spring and a less normal one. Spring Dare Redbud hesitates waits to open her blossoms wakes to winter’s storm (or)  Redbud hesitates ventures open blossoms forth provokes winter’s storm I got … Continue reading →

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Goodnight Moon…

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Monica

happy 2012, fellow bloggers!

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Scenes from a Mountain Cabin

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Monica

Here are some lovely flowers and faces from our mountain property.  The flowers are courtesy of an unusually wet year.

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