Sonoran Desert: Above the Earth, Below the Sky — Image by kenne
My image is a metaphor,
an outward expression
of my inward being
becoming a mirror
held up to nature —
a message in a bottle
from a shore
I have visited before.
kenne
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Capturing The Moment — Little Snow-Covered Tree: “Noel Noel” 3 comments
Mt. Lemmon, December 22, 2011 — Image by Kenne
New snow-covered tree
Dressed white in forest shadows
Stood bent before me.
kenne
little tree
little tree
little silent Christmas tree
you are so little
you are more like a flower
who found you in the green forest
and were you very sorry to come away?
see i will comfort you
because you smell so sweetly
i will kiss your cool bark
and hug you safe and tight
just as your mother would,
only don’t be afraid
look the spangles
that sleep all the year in a dark box
dreaming of being taken out and allowed to shine,
the balls the chains red and gold the fluffy threads,
put up your little arms
and i’ll give them all to you to hold
every finger shall have its ring
and there won’t be a single place dark or unhappy
then when you’re quite dressed
you’ll stand in the window for everyone to see
and how they’ll stare!
oh but you’ll be very proud
and my little sister and i will take hands
and looking up at our beautiful tree
we’ll dance and sing
“Noel Noel”
Image by kenne
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A Journey Of Inch By Inch 4 comments
Image by kenne
“And the world cannot be discovered by a journey of miles,
no matter how long and far-reaching,
but only by a spiritual journey,
a journey of inch by inch,
on the inside,
very arduous and humbling and joyful,
by which we arrive at the ground underneath our own feet,
where we learn to be fully at home.”
— Wendell Berry
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