elly from earth -- Elly Nobbs

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Poetry, Micro-poems, Nature, Walking, Reading. East Coast Canada. No DMs. Banner Photo by me.

Optimism by Jane Hirshfield
Image By Ghedo - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=99218475 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meganeura#/media/File:Meganeura_monyi_wings.jpg
"Found poem" made from https://www.sydneycityskywatchers.org.au/single-post/2018/11/03/did-you-know-the-pleides
Scarlet poppies in bloom
Red poppies. Photo taken on Summer Solstice 2026.
Cover photo for Issue 19
Photo by E Nobbs - oyster shell with many small holes made by yellow boring sponge,
Late May white flowers of the native Amelanchier tree.
My back yard April 14, 2026 -- last bit of snow which disappears by midday.
Crow made of black metal.
Remnants of last year's large wasp nest which eventually (midwinter) was blown off the top of a tall birch tree and broken into pieces.
Tulips in a mason jar. Many of the orange and yellow petals have fallen on the table top.
bird finger-puppet on top of christmas tree instead of a star
Cover of A Black Fox Running
poem called Rusty
Snow shoe hare - photo by Julia Coombs https://www.hww.ca/wildlife/mammals/snowshoe-hare/
small ornamental racoon from Hermit
Jersey calf and cow from Wikipedia
Book cover for David Oliver Cranmer's Day Breaks on the Bottom of a Blue Sea. Blue & white waves. White text.
red perennial poppy flower - photo taken from above
Star magnolia bud starts to open, showing white tip of blossom, shadow of tree branches, tree trunk with lichen.
By Mariusz Kubik - Own work, = Kmarius, CC BY 3.0, File:Wisława Szymborska 2009.10.23 (1).jpg - Wikimedia Commons
By Unknown author - https://s3.amazonaws.com/amherst-wsg/ED-dag-case-720dpi_big.jpg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21206329
By Julia Margaret Cameron - http://www.geh.org/ne/mismi3/cameron_sum00001.html, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=836438
A Noiseless Patient Spider by Walt Whitman
Walking Across the Atlantic - poem by Billy Collins
Tree by Jane Hirshfield
poem Encounter by Czeslaw Milosz
The Island poem by Milton Acorn
The Moment by Margaret Atwood
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Light brown dry hydrangea flower head in December
Brown & black shriveled rosehips in December.
photo by Jim Leonard of Cedar Waxwing snacking on holly berries - Project Feederwatch
Cedar waxwing feeding on Holly Berries Project Feederwatch - photo by Jim Leonard