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Flake by Flake

December 10, 2021 / firmlov / Leave a comment
finally, some snow
pretty enough for a pic
to wipe hopelessness

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Perfectly Fleeting

July 5, 2021 / firmlov / Leave a comment
my pup, lake, camp, board:
seemingly perfect weekend
(calm before the storm)
the weather plagues me
sending wind when there was none
and stealing these views
if i could lift wings,
glide pelican-like, headfirst,
it wouldn’t matter
alas, i must walk
through all the humanoid storms
that we’ve created

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Shades of Color

June 28, 2021 / firmlov / Leave a comment
recent garden news:
our tenth homegrown salad meal,
lupines, lilies, love

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Dawn’s Climate Crisis

June 17, 2021 / firmlov / Leave a comment
you can feel the heat
creeping into the photo
burning from within

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A Tree Grows in Denver

June 12, 2021 / firmlov / Leave a comment
family tradition:
plant trees for graduates
and watch how they grow
my mother's tree stands
at my great-aunt's former home
taller than us all
my sister's tree shades
disappearing middle-class
(our childhood home)
and my tree shocks me
evading the ash borer
with grandiose grace

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Rhubarb Rules

May 30, 2021 / firmlov / Leave a comment
what you don’t see here:
picking rhubarb in the rain
for salvation pie

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Renaissance

May 1, 2021 / firmlov / Leave a comment
all i want today
is to watch the sunlight shift
on these reborn blooms
the blue-sky morning
can't capture a year of loss
(oh Lord, that sweet scent)
yet afternoon light
so perfectly shines rosy
(ends this hell-frost year)

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Ready, Set, Rise

March 16, 2021 / firmlov / Leave a comment
winter sunrise strokes
as soft as with a paintbrush
with red glow on snow
power lines define
the hidden energy here
ready to rise up
a long-shadowed pup
feels tall in the morning light
ready for the day

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Yet, So Heavy

March 15, 2021 / firmlov / Leave a comment
the sun god returns
leaving only soft snow drifts
to battle today

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Powder Power

March 14, 2021 / firmlov / Leave a comment
only two days late
the snow has taken over
(Lord, save us from drought)

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