best day ever

Posted on December 1, 2015 by eteal

best day.

best day.

best day ever.

cat solo

i will just sit here and enjoy it.

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Blue?

Posted on December 1, 2015 by eteal

a blue jay was in the birch tree,

hollering for all to see –

was it a sonnet or misery?

I do not know – i could not translate

but someone could.

blue jay couple

you never know when or where

Love will show up –

but it always does.

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OH, possum?

Posted on November 30, 2015 by eteal

people shreek at me 

and say i am a giant rat –

not that here is anything wrong with that –

but i am an opossum –

or so you have called me –

oh! possom

i have my own secret name,

white dog –

fierce and proud.

i bet You have one too.

(oh and thank you for not hitting me with your car.)
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walk this way

Posted on November 29, 2015 by eteal

no matter what your feathers or feet,

three ducks

we all waddle the same roads,

and swim in the same pond.

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old dog

Posted on November 28, 2015 by eteal

i’m just an old dog with a long story and a short tale.

dachshund

shall we let our minds wag together in thanks for a moment,

then we’ll both be on our ways?

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following with thanks

Posted on November 26, 2015 by eteal

following in our traditions,

facing into the wind,

we find our place in the sun.

shore birds in flight

and give thanks.

sumi-e on rag paper, scanned over an old piece of calendar photo of an eagle catching a salmon,
sorry no ascription…but thank you to the photographer!

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Small gratitudes

Posted on November 26, 2015 by eteal

Give thanks sock

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observations

Posted on November 25, 2015 by eteal

Crow is yelling His observations again.

crow on composition book

you can’t keep telling people what not to do –

you have to inspire them with what TO DO!

and with that, away he flew.

inspired,

i did too.

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beyond the pale

Posted on November 24, 2015 by eteal

in the center of the walk

there is a small pale kitten.

her shadow the same colour as her fur.

small pale grey kirren

she is as wild as she is pale,

as am i.

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travelin’

Posted on November 23, 2015 by eteal

stuck in a car,

stuck in traffic,

a gentle messenger pedals past.

girl toy dog bicycle

sometimes

the fastest ways

are in the slowest lanes.

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