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Vivid

Early spring morningBursting with a vivid skyMy heart more vibrant In response to Patrick Jennings Pic and a Word Challenge #357: Early and #358: Vivid

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Uniqueness

  ttempting to hide

Unique radiating light

Among the debris

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Ice

Polar express slidesIce on a Florida pondSounds of pipes bursting In response to Patrick Jennings Pic and a Word Challenge #261: Ice

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Foraging

A playful otterForaging the riverbanksOf a life well lived

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Sundown

Agitated amble In a maze of memories Sundowners syndrome In response to Patrick Jennings Pic and a Word Challenge #351: Sundown  

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Passing

Winged migrationClaxon fades on cool north windPassing of friend For CattIn response to Patrick Jennings Pic and a Word Challenge #332: Friendship

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I Can See Clearly Now

  Seeking clarityDeluge of strong emotionsLeft under the waterfall While hiking a waterfall trail in the Great Smokey Mountains this summer, I came across these glasses left on a tree root along the bank. Most people on the trail walked right by but once I spied them, I could not get the numerous stories of how they got there and what happened to the owner after they abandoned their glasses out…

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Super Blue Moon

Whispering Buffet songs As his last super Blue Moon sets The Gulf Coast bids adieu

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Cloud Surfing

There once was a shark named SlyWho seemed to surf out of the skyThe wind it did blowWhispering go with the flowRiding the wave of goodbye In response to Patrick Jennings Pic and a Word Challenge #337: Surf.

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Bartman

Two ounces of pure joy As long as you didn’t touch The little cockatiel Gut punch of grief My first quiet morning A thirty three year mash up of: Wolf whistles Chicken clucking Big sneezes Tooth brushing Theme from Andy Griffith Jingle Bells POP Goes the Weasel Theme from Mr. Ed Theme from Looney Toons Take Me Out to the Ball Game Charge! Bye Bart No, you’re Bart And there will never be another…

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Emperors of the Ice

At small human size emperors stand very tall The largest, most regal, penguin of all All dressed in their tux for a formal affair On fish they will dine -that are caught unaware From a smoke screen of bubbles they work as a team To disorient both predators and prey it would seem With bellies of fish to feed hungry young They must return home without getting sprung First to accelerate with a flick…

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C/2022 E3 (ZTF)

Under skies of NeanderthalThere once was a green icy ballNow it’s come back around50,000 years boundThis week is the comet’s last call Don’t miss this opportunity… In response to Patrick Jennings Pic and a Word Challenge #339: Missed Opportunity

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Smooth Curve

Sleepy violet dawnContrasting marble white skinSmooth curve of her hip In response to Patrick Jennings Pic and a Word Challenge #331: Smooth  

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Softer Gloom

The moon beamsThrough a softer gloom.Trill of a loon In response to Patrick Jennings Pic and a Word Challenge #336: Gloom

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Landscape of a Land Crab

There once was a land crab named Bligh

Whose demeanor was naturally shy

He would hide in his hole

Acting more like a mole

Than a cantankerously snappish guy

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The POP contest submission date has been extended to August 22, 2022! This year the POP show will be held November 4th-6th during the 50th Great Gulf Coast Art Festival! This means our gallery show is going to get a lot of of exposure this year. You can submit your winning photos on the Wide Angel Photo Club website: https://wideanglephotoclub.org/contest/ You do not have to be a member to enter. #powerofphotography #pop #wideanglephotoclub #wapc https://www.instagram.com/p/ChBMZG9sONj/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Spectacle

Morning after blasts Acrid smoke hovers aloft Trembling dog whimpers In response to Patrick Jennings Pic and a Word Challenge #297: Spectacle