THREE SPRING POEMS

LOOKING AT TWO COLLECTED FIRS

IN THE BONSAI POT ASKING QUESTIONS,

WHICH IS THE MAN? WHICH IS THE WOMAN?

Which is the man?

Which is the woman?

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WALKING IN THE SPRING GARDEN

Laughing at my fears

The oldest part of who I am

10,000 years old

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INSIDE THE EYE OF THE BUD

I look at my trees

every day, checking their health

looking at each bud each day,
sometimes more than a year like this

seeing new growth

on a dead tree

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LESS IS MORE

We gave up lots

in order to get less

Jim Bodeen

8 April 2014