Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #381: Minimalism in Black & White

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White trumpet

Stones

and tendrils 

intertwined —

an animated 

latticework —

white trumpet 

announcing 

the day.  

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Ponderosa percussion

Bopping its boughs
to the beat of the wind
Ponderosa on air drums.

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Waterfall flush (re-post)

Warming,
thawing,
spring awake,
innervating
winter’s
still facade,
a waterfall
rushes
at right
angles
atop
the washboard
of my forebrain
folds,
polishing
memory,
grey
and white
matter
absorbs
slick
bedrock
ricochets,
as turbid
tiers
topple
into
wet
thickets
of foam,
freshly
fevered
fists
flow
freely
in parallel,
a mist-mash
mounting
moss,
returning
our earthly
abode
anew, lush,
invigorated
causeways 
crowning
an emerald
flush.

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Wordless Wednesday (1/14/26)

Wallowa Lake, Oregon
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Salamander shuffle

Under thick duff —

breathing through its skin —

a salamander silently shuffles —

towards its log cabin. 

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Backbone of the sky (re-post)

A flock of geese
arch like a backbone
across the cerulean sky.

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #380 – What’s around the corner

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Heightened awareness

From its perch —

the heron gains —

heightened

awareness.

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Nature is always here

Tree
branches
tapping
me on the
shoulder —
gentle
reminders
that Nature
is always
here when
all else fails.

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