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Western terrestrial garter snake near Banks Lake, WA and poem: And You Should Have Seen Him Jump He walked by until I called out, “Snake,” and he jumped four feet left; “Where?” “There!” Sheri Edwards Poetry/Photography/Haiku 04.12.2025 NaPoWriMo
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Did you see him jump?

Sheri Edwards

It's spring: not only flowers, but the snakes come out too

wild rose bush in April with mossy wasp gall and poem: Mossy Wasp Gall, Dried Holes in early spring’s gall; remnants of escaped wasps? Or a bird’s pecked treat? Sheri Edwards Poetry/Photography/Haiku 04.11.2025 NaPoWriMo
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Sleepless, A Cure

Sheri Edwards

not really: but what is that growth on your rose?

Canada Geese on Banks Lake, WA and the poem Geese Wait Geese so graceful seem pensive, still, as lake ripples spread from the dog’s run Sheri Edwards Poetry/Photography/Haiku 04.10.2025 NaPoWriMo
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Geese Wait

Sheri Edwards

What is that creature walking through the cattails?

along Banks Lake, Wa; a poem: I Am Thankful No matter the chaos of losing one’s life savings as the country I love is dissolved— I am thankful for the warmth of the evening sun shining on my smiles, the rush of a gentle breeze from the marsh as it slips through my hair, the evensong of red-winged blackbirds clinging to last year’s cattails along Banks Lake as we, my best friends, the dog and he, laugh and walk at day’s end. Sheri Edwards Poetry/Photography 04.07.2025 NaPoWriMo
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I Am Thankful 2025

Sheri Edwards

How thankful to be here

wild turkey struts on the edge of town with poem by Sheri42 Wild Gobblers Gobble and waddle early on forest’s edge; fly high to roost at night; fluff up, like a ball of feathers, drag your wings into the ground and strut your stuff as strong, the top of the pecking order. Sheri Edwards Poetry/Photography 04.06.2025 NaPoWriMo
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Wild Gobblers

Sheri Edwards

Wild Turkeys at the edge of little rural town

American and Washington State flag fly above magnolia tree with poem by Sheri42 Oh …can you see Our flag in the breeze Above magnolia blossoms As walkers proclaim “Hands off our rights and savings; Let democracy move forth!” Sheri Edwards Poetry/Photography 04.05.2025 Tanka/ NaPoWriMo
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Oh can you see

Sheri Edwards

can you see what we believe?