January / George J. Dance

    January

    Black branches on white
    with one smear of colour,
    a leaf unfallen.

    ~~
    George J. Dance

    from Logos, and other logoi, 2021

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November / George J. Dance

Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), Rain, November 1889.
Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

November

        dying land
            crying sky
                cold, cold tears

~~
George J. Dance

from Logos, and 

other logoi, 2021

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October / George J. Dance

October

How soon leaves fall:
scarlet, canary, brown
trampled alike on the ground.

~~
George J. Dance

from Logos, and other logoi, 2021

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Eric Sonstroem, Fallen Leaves in the Rain, 2020. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.

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September / VizantOr*

September

Can I touch you in autumn, 

beautiful soft-skinned one 

fragrant with heady wishes? 

 ~~ 

VizantOr* 

(translated by George J. Dance) 

from Logos and Other Logoi, 2021

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Emile Friant (1863-1932), The Lovers (Autumn Evening), 1888. Wikimedia Commons.

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August / George J. Dance

August

Sun-hardened earth
waits panting for the first crack
of thunder,

~~
George J. Dance, 2007

from Doggerel, and other doggerel, 2015

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Dominicus Johannes Bergsma, Under the influence of sun and wind torn earth (detail).

CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

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February / George J. Dance

February

Unnoticed beauty:
ocean waves in winter,
the curve of your cheek.

~~
George J. Dance, 2023

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Ronnie Robertson, Grutness Voe on a winter's day, 2014. CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.

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April / George J. Dance

          April

          I see a flower
          that died in late November,
          reborn as a bud.

          ~~

          George J. Dance, 2020

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Thangaraj Kumaravel. Rose bud, Coonoor, 2011. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.

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May / George J. Dance

May

How like a tree
to strew its blossoms
on my flowerbed!

---
George J. Dance, 2007
from Doggerel, and other doggerel, 2015

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Uryah, Fallen cherry blossoms, spring, Japan (detail) CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

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December / George J. Dance

     
December

Entire city ablaze
with lights of every colour,
to stave off the black.

~~
George J. Dance

from Logos, and other logoi, 2021

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Michael Gil, Toronto's Skyline, April 2, 2010.  Creative Commons CC-BY 2.0, Flickr.

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July / George J. Dance

 
July

Children gasp
as the sky comes alive
with friendly fire.

~~
George J. Dance, 2009
from Doggerel, and other doggerel, 2015

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Alex Sims, "Skyshow Adelaide 2006". CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons 

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June / George J. Dance

   
June

Bright flowers crawl
from torn silk,
dry and blow away.

~~
George J. Dance

from Doggerel, and other doggerel, 2015

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Photo in public domain, courtesy Wikimedia Commons.

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March / George J. Dance

March

Snow becomes mud
becomes a mighty river
for the young boy.

~~
George J. Dance, 2007

from Doggerel, and other doggerel, 2015

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