Tag: #smallpoems

yellow flower clusters of holly-like leaved Oregon Grape and poem: Oregon Grape Evergreen, its spring yellow flowers soon feature as birds’ berry feast Sheri Edwards Poetry/Photography/Haiku 04.19.2025 NaPoWriMo
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Oregon Grape Flower Clusters

Sheri Edwards

another bright yellow of spring

red-winged blackbird on old cattail stalk; poem: Pause for Nature’s Peace A chirp and flicked tail atop a cattail stalk, sings a red-winged blackbird Sheri Edwards Poetry/Photography/Haiku 04.18.2025 NaPoWriMo
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Pause of Nature’s Peace

Sheri Edwards

a moment by the lake

Banks Lake; dog on alert; poem: His Playground Sniff: nose to the ground; alert: attend to that sound: splash! Muskrat retreats. Sheri Edwards Poetry/Photography/Haiku 04.15.2025 NaPoWriMo
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His Playground

Sheri Edwards

He prances and plays -- until alerted to a creature elsewhere -- what is it?

Banks Lake looks quiet, but lots are hidden but heard; with poem-- Our Country Torn, Still In the bulrush, a flutter of wings, a splash warns, the dog turns at each Sheri Edwards Poetry/Photography/Haiku 04.14.2025 NaPoWriMo
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Hidden but Heard

Sheri Edwards

drive by the serene scene, but there's a lot going on...

Golden-doodle with mullein stalk; and his poem: Not Sure He’s a Dog We’re not sure we have dog; Throw a ball, throw a stick, And he stands looking at you, wondering what to do. But hold out a stick And he’ll gladly grab it— gingerly grasping it with his snout And running, proudly, shaking it about. Sheri Edwards Poetry/Photography 04.13.2025 NaPoWriMo
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Not Sure He’s a Dog

Sheri Edwards

What do you think?

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?