Nature

Spring’s gentle beauty haiku: HPC

on arduous treks
take time to pause and notice
spring’s gentle beauty

Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge – Pause & Trek

SoyBend

Centered in Bend, Oregon, my blog branches out into nature, history, and art-related topics.

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  • Thank you, perfect timing for this reminder as I take in and process finding out I have cancer. So crucial to keep noticing and being with the beauty in nature that surrounds me and how it quiets my mind.

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