Rooster crows at dawn.

Cows moo their misery at

being awakened.

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Hummingbirds shimmer

 as they sip sweet nectar on

these post rain filled days.

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Peering through a crack

in the sidewalk, a tiny

blue flower surveys the world.

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Unexpected small

discoveries can bring smiles

to tightly clenched lips.

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Rain drops gently fall

from pillows of gray clouds as

the sun stays hidden.

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Joy, dressed in red, paused

at the bird feeder and fed

both itself and me.

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Frost covered ground greets

rising sun with twinkling eyes

 and open embrace.

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Branches wave hello

to the rising sun, goodbye

to descending moon.

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A star, reluctant

to say goodbye, still lingers

in the morning sky.

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Gently falling rain

kisses the open lips of

late summer’s waiting flowers.

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