ice coats spruce branches

magnifying tiny buds

life hidden within

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golden woodland stream

gurgling over submerged rocks

happy stone music

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cold spring melt water

reflections, sparkles, shadows

move unimpeded

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tree with many holes

fine dining for woodpeckers

but fatal for bugs

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spring winds whipping pines,

agitated branches flail 

up, down, round and round

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scudding clouds in spring

the sun playing hide and seek

while the wind roars

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the sun emerges

shadows appear, green moss glows

sun hides, all things fade

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bright sun peeps, in, out

our shadows come and go

we are, we are not

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grape vine strangled oak

leaning over the ravine

deep roots cling to life

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up and out early

soft pine needles under foot

crows laughing, springtime

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