water’s wings unfold
in the warmth of sun-touched days
soaring toward summer
haiku
Feathering the Nest of the Sky
softer than breezes
high above sun-soaked grasses
cirrus feathers fly
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Budding Blue, Blooming Blue
more quiet than dawn
faint ripples of lavender
summer’s sweet ending
silent explosion
splitting the green-starred darkness
a whiff of blue scent
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A Texas native, the blue water lily (Nymphaea elegans) blooms in spring and summer. These were found at the Brazoria Wildlife Refuge on September 5.
Dandelion Fog
rising in silence
floating feather light toward dawn
dandelion fog
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The flower shown here, Pyrrhopappus pauciflorus, is generally known as Texas dandelion, although it sometimes goes by the names false dandelion, or small-flower desert chicory.
Estuary
stirred by an unseen
hand, grasses and sky combine
a season’s turning
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