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- COVID Christmas 2020
- Hunting Holiday
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- Birthday Eve Day Musings with Sean Connery
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- Halloween Blue Moon
- Magic Brew
- Ancestors in Flight
- I Just Want to Listen to the Wind
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- Gulls Fishing in the Fog
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- What Does the Half-Moon Mean?
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- Hear the Buzz
- Goldenrod – Busting the Myth
- Moon is Om
- Everyone Should Have an Art Studio
- Paper Moon
- Unruly Garden
- Moon Juice
- The Ultimate Life Purpose
- Full Moon Poems over Lake Michigan
- Praise for Pleasures Taken for Granted
- Solstice Energy for Love
- Father’s Day on the Summer Solstice
- When You Like Your Own Company
- The Real World Around a Campfire
- Tree Peace
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Author Archives: createthedawn
Frost Clean Hope
For every minute of the new year three days in, we have been immersed in a beautiful frost fog, every surface bejeweled with hoarfrost. I thought this poem was going to be about natures glory and it ended up exploring … Continue reading
Year of Freedom 2021
This year’s theme came out of a Solstice journaling exercise. It lead me to flip my forever struggle for security by empowering myself in freedom. Why did I ever look outside myself for security when I have within me so … Continue reading
COVID Christmas 2020
Merry Christmas to you and yours and to the little good things that come out of bad things like a global pandemic. Love and Joy, Dawn COVID Christmas 2020 A new kind of Christmas.We talk to Grandma on the phoneinstead … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas and New Year, Coronavirus COVID19, solstice
Tagged Christmas poem, COVID 19, COVID19, pandemic poetry, positive poetry
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Hunting Holiday
Decided to post a hunting poem since hunting is such a big part of the Thanksgiving season in Wisconsin. Whether you’re hunting deer, bargains, or just snuggling in at home with good food, enjoy the poem and spend some time … Continue reading
Posted in forest, Wisconsin
Tagged deer hunting, deer hunting in Wisconsin, hunting poem, hunting tradition, nature poetry, postive poetry
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Star Poems
I was fortunate to spend last weekend off grid with the stars. The best part of an outhouse, is standing under the moon and stars in the middle of the night. Here are three poems that came out of those … Continue reading
Posted in Moon, Mystical
Tagged look up at the sky, moon poem, nature poetry, postive poetry, star poem, star poetry
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Birthday Hike and River Talk
What a lovely day of doing nothing important in celebration of my birthday. Here is a poem written after hiking the Athens Park trail, sitting in the shelter listening to the river. Photo is from AthensWisconsin.com because my camera/phone battery … Continue reading
Birthday Eve Day Musings with Sean Connery
Birthday time for yourself and with loved ones should be more than a day. Today, I am celebrating my birthday eve day watching Sean Connery James Bond movies while making book makers, low-carb cooking (for my genetic pre-diabetes) and hanging … Continue reading
Posted in autumn, Halloween, lake, Mystical, Scotland
Tagged birthday poem, nature poety, new beginnings, postive poetry, self reflection
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Halloween Fire Circle
What a wonderful experience celebrating Halloween/Samhain night with local women. Spiritual, connecting, female and moon energy rolled in with learning a Druid Dance (seen in Outlander) and ancient songs to the beat of circling drums. Below the poem is a … Continue reading
Posted in autumn, Halloween, Moon
Tagged halloween celebration, Halloween poem, moon poetry, nature poetry, pagan poetry, postive poetry, samhain rituals, Witch poetry
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Halloween Blue Moon
Halloween, Samhain, All Hallows Eve when time changes from our self-focused linear concept and stretches us across generations, across space and time in the repeating cycle of nature. To celebrate, Mom and Dad and I visited family graves yesterday. We … Continue reading
Magic Brew
During that hand-off between autumn and winter, it is often a damp cold. This seems the coldest of colds as it penetrates into your own body-water. A wet cold day is perfect for a mug of hot tea or even … Continue reading
Posted in autumn, garden, Halloween, Hygge
Tagged chicken soup, immune system boost, nature poetry, positive poetry, self calm, self care, stay warm
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