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winter’s end

May 31, 2026April 19, 2019 by bonesnsnow

three geese
skim the treetops, crying out,
lost in this featureless white world

Categories photography, poetry Tags birds, life, photography, poems, poetry, trees, winter 2 Comments

birdsong

June 1, 2026March 25, 2018 by bonesnsnow
hawk sharp against a mountain sky

knowing as we do, that her disease is consuming their lives together…

Categories poetry Tags birds, death, family, life, photos, relationships 1 Comment

Wild is

June 1, 2026December 1, 2016 by bonesnsnow

wild is a fathomless
round eye

wild is feathers and fat,
muscle and hollow bones

Categories poetry Tags birds, fall, frost, nature, photography, poetry, utah, wild, winter Leave a comment

chilidish things

June 1, 2026July 11, 2015 by bonesnsnow
tombstone, child's grave

Another in the series of “where a poem comes from.” I was walking in a bookstore when the phrase, “we always believed that she could fly” came into my mind, loudly. That night, a poem arose. The details are from my mother’s memorial….

Categories photography, poetry Tags age, Aging, angels, birds, children, death, flight, graves, monotone, mother, photography, photos, redwing blackbirds 7 Comments

Spring in the Wasatch

June 1, 2026May 26, 2014 by bonesnsnow

Two untitled pieces from a spring afternoon in the mountains   (after dogen…)   one day while out walking, the mountain may turn and hand you your heart – here this is your heart, don’t lose it near here lies the road home     a cloudless blue sky holding the mountain countless   winged … Read more

Categories poetry Tags birds, dogen, flowers, heart, mountains, spring Leave a comment
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