Posts Tagged ‘trees’
trees on sky
This time of year, the lost leaves allow a new observation of sky. The bare branches remind me of pen and ink on paper.
these leafless trees / brush against /a linen sky / ink strokes /on rice paper
(from ‘requesting the favor of a reply’ in the post ‘hidden in the hollow heart of an oak’ August 19, 2011, under shelter)
pale sunrise
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perhaps this sparse oak
colored the pale sunrise
palette, faded autumn
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even loaded, lean branches
lay only brief color
on canvas sky
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brush more suited to calligraphy
a few abbreviated strokes
a terse ‘good morning’
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© Jane Tims 2007
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