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Through the Woods
by Evelyn Judy Buehler

Strawberry red skies
when home beckons through sage woods
Pink love's going down
as dewdrops on purple rose
prior to the velvet close

Flowers follow me
their fantasy fragrances
recalling burnt gold
Beauty's dying once again

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High Fashion
by Evelyn Judy Buehler

On deep green runways
prance the pinks, plums, reds and blues
Photogenic blooms!
Much beauty under teal skies
Then dusk scents, Belladonna.

Velvet petals, famed
for rich matchless, twirling styles
at springtime's debut
Mass unaffected pretties

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The Moon Visitation
by Evelyn Judy Buehler

Backdoor wide open
A cream moon is coming in
Softly, like a dream.
Beyond red sun, pearly rays
in a lazy, lilac night.

Howling wind whimsy
'midst the fantasy flowers
in plum, pink and green.
Silver moon, always welcome

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The Wild Ones
by Evelyn Judy Buehler

on redolence lane
tangled and wild roses teem
I'm going places
yellow birds fly through jade trees
cream and purple butterflies

joy down sunshine way
and hues are following me
waltzing in beauty
this portrait of summertime

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Desert Moon
by Evelyn Judy Buehler

Sands of plum evening
Cactus blooms love cool twilight
Windswept, pearly dunes
Hot orange days are so long
evoking the starlit throng

Solitude songbirds
in fiery sunset colors
croon songs to lovers
Magnificent moon so huge

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Through the Woods
by Evelyn Judy Buehler

Strawberry red skies
when home beckons through sage woods
Pink love's going down
as dewdrops on purple rose
prior to the velvet close

Flowers follow me
their fantasy fragrances
recalling burnt gold
Beauty's dying once again

......

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Catch joy when you can
by Amy Michelle Mosier

Catch joy when you can
Like a butterfly twirling away
And keep near the heart.
If not, joy will escape your grip too
And fly by somebody else's head.

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In-Between Days
by Evelyn Judy Buehler

Scarlet sun peeks through
a slit in darkling storm clouds.
Butterflies go home.
Sky meets sea at plum border
as pink moon trails, in order.

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Wishful Thinking
by Evelyn Judy Buehler

It's the New Year's boom
with colored fireworks lauding,
the toast of the town.
The proud, old guard has vanished,
with its dreams, yet unvanquished.

Hues light the plum night;
'midst crash and bang in the skies.
Starry-eyed moon glows.
The past's still following me,

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First Close Encounter
by Evelyn Judy Buehler

Out alone at last
Seven, and rapt in lush green
Seeds of verse were sown
Yellow butterflies, hued blooms
On our new street of fireflies

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