Ingenue

                           I ask myself, seeing this coy demoiselle,
                      Does a mushroom need to be sexy, to sell?

R.I.P.

                    
                   This beastie swam under my dock last night,
                            and somehow he met his end;   
                  I wish I had known, we were both alone,
                           I'd have so liked to be friends.

See gulls?

                          I've been hit by an army of seagulls,
                            and I don't mean to file a complaint;
                      but just note for logistics and other statistics, -
                           an endangered species they ain't!
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Day's end

               Wherever we're nesting, wherever we roam,
             at the setting of sun, we all make our way home.

Come back

                                   If you've been having some difficult days

                            things just not going right for you,          

                     turn your back to the fog, and go for a jog,            

                        and let your world come back in view.

Dark day

                                Today I can't say

                                   what's a good thing or bad;

                                       I don't know what to show,

                                           I'm just feeling sad.

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                 When your days have been lengthy and tiresome,
                          you're tired of just doing your duty;
             and you know, to be whole, you must nourish your soul,
                        you need to see something of beauty!

Jungle jingle

                       We should be like plants in the jungle,
                       where nothing is given much room;
                     there, if they fall, they don't give up at all,
                              they just continue to bloom.

Sorrow

                          To see a bright face smiling at you
                            when all else around it has died,
                     is just what you need when you need to feed
                               a simmering sadness inside.
                            

Ingredients?

              ….    with mushrooms and raindrops, and branches and leaves.
                   whatever they're made of, I like pix like these.

Sea Scene

                      Does this heron know that he's posing

                             so gracefully in this scene;

              matching his tones with the sea and the stones, -

                         or does he just know he's supreme?

Once more?

                            Sometimes you look at a photo,
                               you think it is kind of nice;
                not really a bore, but you want something more,
                            try doing the same thing twice.

IT IS...

                           So here's my offering for today
                              What it is I cannot say;
                                   It pleases me….
                                                …so it will  stay.

Visitation

                 The seagull convention has just finished here,
              they won't be asked back to my dock next year.

Grounded...

                              Well yes, I'd rather be flying,
                              than grounded forever in clay,
                           but if I must be attached to a tree,
                          I'll at least be remembered this way.
     
                                                              (art by C.Castleberry)

Phasing out

                 I saw this poor fellow among the bright leaves,
                      he looked sad, all wrapped in a bunch;   
                        but he said it's OK to end up this way,
                             at least I was beautiful once!

Color queen

We leaves just had a contest here, -

to find the most colorful one;

I  wanted it so, and what do you know?

…...I won!

Bright sight

                               I saw a car this color today,
                               it gave me a jolt of delight.
                Most cars today are black, dingy or grey,
                                 I like my colors bright!

Sun setting

I was dazzled the other evening,

when the sunset was growing so bright;

then I watched, pop-eyed, as it multiplied,

and gave us this triple delight,

Tasty or toast?

            When I see a strange looking mushroom like this,
                           it's hard for me to go past one;
                   wondering what kind of a meal it might make,
                          the tastiest? or the last one?

Loner

                    Now what, by golly, is coming our way,
                            a beastie built out of stone?
                    How can he attract any buddies that way?
                             He must be living alone.
                         
                                                             (at Cornerstone)

skyparty?

                    …then I saw a table appear in the sky.
                             a banquet for heaven's elite?
                  but what, one must ask, is a fitting repast?
                              whatever do the gods eat?

Pugnacious pup

                  Most pooches are warm and appealing,
                     and then there's this kind of brute,
               who gives you a stare and says don't you dare,
                      and I say why can't you be cute?

Show time

                    It's always a pleasure when I discover
                        eager heads enjoying a show;
           though who are those beings and what they are seeing
                          is not always easy to know.

Posthumous pod

                            It's hard to think a simple bloom,
                              who's long since left the vine,
                     could still display, in a wondrous way,
                               such an intricate design!

See it all

                         If you want to look down into water,
                          and still see the clouds in the sky,
                              just look for a nice reflection,
                         you'll even find leaves floating by.

The year

                 As I look at the prospects of this coming year,
                        it seems to stretch on door by door;
            you just open each day , see what's coming your way,
                        and deal with whatever's in store.

Proud parent?

                        She looks so demure and bashful
                          as she sits up there on the shelf;
              with that blossom inside, she seems full of pride,
                            as if she'd produced it herself.

Sun's fun

                   It's intriguing to see, but hard to believe,
               what a shaft of sunlight can do for some leaves!

Look up!

                         Don't give up, my friend,
                             for the old year that's parting,
                                  Look up and look out, -  
                          there's a whole new year starting!

Hope?

                  May this be a symbol of promise and hope,

                        that death and destruction may cease;

                       if we all pray that somehow someday,

                   the world might see some hope of peace.