Peace Work

 -------Peace Work------- 

Peace work

is love work

is tough love

 

Is abolition

 

To fall 

the walls

around us all

 

And free the light within.

 

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Fullness

-------Fullness------- 

Leafless trees

are not 

empty

 

Humble

maybe

but not without

 

For sunshine 

sugars

from summer gathered

 

Still fill

from root

to tip.

 

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Within

-------Within------- 

On the autumn side

of the winter solstice

 

As days approach

their shortest

 

I give thanks for the light

I find within

 

The quiet

and simple things.

 

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Decomposition haiku

-------Decomposition haiku------- 

settler

narratives

 

set

upon

the compost heap

 

too

return to earth

 

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Toward Winter haiku

 -------Toward Winter haiku-------

maple 

trees empty

 

and the forest 

fills 

with light

 

ends and 

beginnings

 

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From Below haiku

 -------From Below haiku-------

seen 

a ways below

 

snow 

falling 

on the mountains

 

winter is 

coming

 

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Scatter Gold

-------Scatter Gold------- 

Alders scatter gold

across the hillsides

 

Evergreen

 

As if to welcome 

home the season

 

Of winter

 

With

some light.

 

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