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Thursday, May 23, 2024

Wednesday, October 25, 2023

Wild geese fly south, watercolor by Judy Birmingham

the wild geese splash down 
and will stay here this winter
while others fly south

-- jmb


 

Sunday, October 08, 2023

 

Amber snail on a cattail reed

amber garden snail
slowly builds her spiraled shell
slow art, a refuge


Saturday, October 07, 2023

birds are oddly still
cold winds sweep across the pond
suddenly it's Fall

Monday, September 25, 2023

Canadian geese on the pond

June's goslings are grown
they drift on the pond and wait
for signs to fly south

-- jmb



Thursday, September 07, 2023

rain spatters treetops
frogs below whirr, croak, and cheep
birds chatter in nests

Sunday, July 23, 2023

 

Leaf: stencilled in gold tempera on black mi-tienetes paper

first golden leaf
whispers that fall is coming
with its red splendor

--jmb


Friday, June 30, 2023

I see just one bird...


I see just one bird
but a dozen hidden birds
sing all around me

--jmb

Tuesday, June 20, 2023

Heron: Sumi-e on rice paper


the great blue heron stands
motionless at water's edge
fish stay deep and safe

--jmb

Thursday, June 01, 2023

 Submerged log: pen, ink, colored pencil on multimedia paper


so effortlessly
do the green leaves float and bob
around submerged logs

--jmb


Bee: Ink on rice paper, stencilled

two bumblebees hum,
and drift among phlox blossoms
gathering nectar

--jmb


Rabbit: sumi-e on rice paper

quiet morning walk
startled rabbit startles me
both wide-eyed, trembling

-jmb

Friday, May 26, 2023

maple seeds twirl down

maple seeds twirl down
softly landing on fresh earth
spring’s new life begins

--jmb

Saturday, April 08, 2023

Ominous Day: graphite, ink on Multimedia Paper

ominous shadow
sweeps along the ground
unseen hawk hunts above

---jmb

 

Saturday, April 01, 2023

 


under the tree bark

larvae write curled messages

in their ancient script


-- jmb