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Nature poem, distortion MaryJane Nordgren Nature poem, distortion MaryJane Nordgren

fog murmurs

light fog hides the Pacific

rolling in quiet and muffling sounds

of normal day activities to distortion

until even early afternoon has a chill

a haunted feel and buckled deformation

that murmurs a garbled transformation

to a world we only thought we knew

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solar eclipse MaryJane Nordgren solar eclipse MaryJane Nordgren

April 8, 2024

eeriness of a sudden chill

birds fluttering, darting to nests

bats lifting from inverted sleep

giraffes shifting to shelter their young

horses meandering, sure only in line

with others, also restless and uncertain

dogs whimpering, cowering

or crawling to be near awed masters

standing, arms raised, intent upon

the midnight sky barely past noon

with blotted sun exposing only odd

ring of blue- or gold-white coronet

lasting minutes between diamond

and diamond

rare, beautiful, strange

gift for a lifetime shared with so many

experiencing as never before

their common, frail humanity

acknowledging the vastness of reality

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colors, dawn MaryJane Nordgren colors, dawn MaryJane Nordgren

spell giving way

more yellow in this morning’s sky

pre-dawn indigo had a tinge of green

sunrise corals washed-out, muted

by hovering mist hinting with chill

that the freakish spell of unseasonable

warmth will again give way to March

to pinch too-early rhododendrons buds

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Nature poem MaryJane Nordgren Nature poem MaryJane Nordgren

gray-blue greeting

comment from Eileen gives author hope

 

gray-blue morning

misted deep sky obscuring stars

chill fingers outside the covers

signs of autumn not coming

            but here

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weather MaryJane Nordgren weather MaryJane Nordgren

and she can get crankier

chill morning, un-summerlike

odd weather for mid-June

in a year of unexpected heat

too early in the season

as though Grandma Nature

were getting cranky in her old age

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cold, winter MaryJane Nordgren cold, winter MaryJane Nordgren

wind-whispered promise

An original poem by MaryJane Nordgren

 despite the cold

that burrows under the skin

to gnaw at the marrow

in my bones

the wind that lifts

and swirls sparkling flakes

tells me the snow will cling

to the mountains

and, in the spring, melt

as water for crops

a gift longer-term

and worth my shivering

            mjNordgren  12/26/2022  Omaha

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Poems MaryJane Nordgren Poems MaryJane Nordgren

welcome barrier

An original poem by MaryJane Nordgren

toughened bare feet so the cold

is recognized but does not, for a beat,

spread through my being when i step into light snow

i can dash to do what needs be and hurry back to shelter

without chill if i am quick

how i wish my anger knew such a buffer before erupting

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oregon may 1st

An original poem by MaryJane Nordgren

may has arrived

chill, gray, deflowered, hopeful

man will learn to care

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