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Sonnet XVIII - Can't Resist Butterflies
Last year, when I had bat-fever running through my veins, I met a man on the other side of the neighborhood. I had seen him one time, out in his garden…
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Sonnet XVII - Apples Every Day
Lately, I’m attempting to eat an apple once a day. Mom and Dad came for a visit during our Spring break at the beginning of April and, since Dad had…
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Sonnet XVI - Bird Therapy
There has been a lull here in my sonnet series/newsletter. Last month was busy... at work especially, with stressful situations such as evaluations and…
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Sonnet XV - Tarrying for Birds
Project FeederWatch is well, well underway. I joined-in late, apparently. But, I joined. It was because of Cornell University's orinthology department's…
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Sonnet XIV – Clouds Wept
It’s been a hard week. Have you felt it, too? The low-grade ache at the thought of over 20,000 people gone, in another part of the world where it’s none…
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Sonnet XIII - Winter's Work
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Sonnet XIII - Winter's Work
At the beginning of February 2020, the snow came down hard here in metro Atlanta Georgia. I remember it well. I was at a county, Language Arts teachers…
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Sonnet XII - Serpentine Seer
The end of our winter break had a few warm days, which helped my family and I to clock time in our 1000 hours outside app. On one of those days, my…
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Sonnet XI - The Tension Around My Roses
An update on our winter break, and a new sonnet.
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Sonnet X - Insisting on Roses
Well, hello friends. It's been awhile since I’ve written and shared a divine nature sonnet. I've actually been writing on this one for awhile, but have…
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Sonnet IX - This Rose Could Never Be a Violet
A sonnet for me and my sister, on rising up to the occasion of a name, and owning it.
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Sonnet VIII - Bat Sequence Grand Finale
The last of the bat sequence, presented as a story in sonnets and images. I’ve read so much about you, seen you in pictures, videos. Merlin Tuttle wrote…
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Sonnet VII - Bat Sequence No. 3
My mind has been changed; we need a new perspective on bats; I am accidentally celebrating bat appreciation month; and God cares for our design and…
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Sonnet VI - Bat Sequence No. 2
A few weeks ago, my feelings toward bats were not up to reasoned par. I was not enjoying my walks down the street in the evenings, with them flapping…
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Sonnet V - Bat Sequence No. 1
Over the past couple of weeks I've gone a bit batty over trying to write a poem with bats as the primary focus. I've been wrestling with which angle I…
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a bi-monthly poetry series - focusing on the glory of the Trinity in nature - and newsletter, by Sara Oyela
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