COLD NORTH WIND, LEAVES GATHER, and SQUIRREL GNAWS

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Cold North wind blows hard,

Leaves gather on forest floor,

Squirrel gnaws in big tree.

by John Patrick Seekamp  2015

FROST GLISTENS, SON GLIMMERS, I WATCH

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Frost glistens in sun,

Son glimmers in mother’s eye,

I watch sun melt frost.

by John Patrick Seekamp  2015

SMALL FISH, LEAVES, AND EAGLE

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Small fish swims up stream,

Leaves from tree fall into stream,

Eagle flies from tree.

by John Patrick Seekamp  2015

BIRD RIDES, FROG SWIMS, FISH SEES

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Bird rides on frogs back,

Frog swims across warm calm lake,

Fish sees bird on frog.

by John Patrick Seekamp  2013

OLD MAN, OLD WOMAN, LOUD DOG BREAKS OLD CHAIN

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Old man walks to town,

Old woman sits at window,

Loud dog breaks old chain.

by John Patrick Seekamp  2013

MOON, SNOW, AND FISHER CAT

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Moon lights hemlock stand,

Snow blows through frozen bog marsh,

Fisher hides in stump.

by John Patrick Seekamp  2013

TREE, BRANCH, LEAF

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Tree bends as wind blows,

Branch bends as squirrel runs and leaps,

Leaf bends as dew forms.

by John Patrick Seekamp  2013

GOLD FISH, BLACK CAT, AND GRAY DOG

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Gold fish jumps from tank,

Black cat jumps from window sill,

Gray dog jumps from sleep.

by John Patrick Seekamp  2013

WHITE ERMINE, RED HAWK, BLUE SKY

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White ermine licks frost,

Red hawk watches from tall tree,

Blue sky bows to clouds.

by John Patrick Seekamp  2013

MIST LANGING ON TEMPERAMENT BARE

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There the mist that mornin’ helt

Taken ‘way by mid-day’s swelt

Bowed and crouched and waited knelt,

Upon the blued and crisped dry air

Hidin’ without devotion there

Poised to shroud in dawn light’s care,

Upon the night and darkness quelt

Waitin’ and hidin’ on restlessness felt

There certain of future’s fare;

Certain of nature’s temperament bare.

by John Patrick Seekamp  2013