tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53110898583631258902012-02-29T14:54:45.921-05:00A portal into possibilities. Appreciate one's sense of belonging in the universe. Understand yourself in relation to other living things. Be your best self. All posts copyright Ellen Clarke.Ellen Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907063055694731624noreply@blogger.comBlogger611100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311089858363125890.post-5564888467807730212012-02-23T14:53:00.002-05:002012-02-25T10:15:53.318-05:00<br /><strong><em><span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: x-large;">the moon at sunrise, offered to me </span></em></strong><br /><br /><strong><em><span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: x-large;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; in the western sky...</span></em></strong><br /><br /><strong><em><span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: x-large;">a communion wafer</span></em></strong><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5311089858363125890-556488846780773021?l=ecwordsmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ellen Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907063055694731624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311089858363125890.post-5593946232990305312012-01-28T11:01:00.001-05:002012-01-28T11:01:40.039-05:00<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5311089858363125890-559394623299030531?l=ecwordsmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ellen Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907063055694731624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311089858363125890.post-23886125640355396692011-06-14T11:38:00.000-04:002011-06-14T11:38:09.894-04:00<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: orange; font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><strong><em>first quarter moon</em></strong></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong><em><span style="color: orange; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">June night</span></em></strong></div><div sizcache="3724" sizset="0" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong><em><span style="color: orange; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">trees washed in silver</span></em></strong></div></div><div class="separator" sizcache="3714" sizset="0" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21033592@N00/410009485" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; display: block; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div sizcache="3743" sizset="0" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div class="zemanta-img separator zemanta-action-dragged" sizcache="3743" sizset="0"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21033592@N00/410009485" style="clear: left; display: block; float: left; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Lunar eclipse 3 March 2007" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/150/410009485_e2b44e14a5_m.jpg" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; font-size: 0.8em;" /></a><span class="zemanta-img-attribution" sizcache="3743" sizset="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; width: 0px;">Image by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21033592@N00/410009485">Dazzie D</a> via Flickr</span></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21033592@N00/410009485" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; display: block; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><br /><div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_e.png?x-id=92b3675d-12c5-4085-8b9f-14d63cec807d" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; float: right;" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5311089858363125890-2388612564035539669?l=ecwordsmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ellen Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907063055694731624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311089858363125890.post-70111700667214092362011-06-07T09:58:00.000-04:002011-06-07T09:58:57.890-04:00<strong><em><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">wet umbrellas </span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">bob up down up down</span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">just above the wall </span></em></strong><br /><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><br /><div class="zemanta-img separator zemanta-action-dragged" sizcache="2426" sizset="0" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kasa0078.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Collapsed umbrellas" height="200" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Kasa0078.jpg/300px-Kasa0078.jpg" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; font-size: 0.8em;" width="150" /></a><span class="zemanta-img-attribution" sizcache="2426" sizset="1" style="clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">Image via <a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kasa0078.jpg">Wikipedia</a></span></div><div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_e.png?x-id=8154ce71-0f0c-4f30-b23a-91b2ebeae73a" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; float: right;" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5311089858363125890-7011170066721409236?l=ecwordsmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ellen Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907063055694731624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311089858363125890.post-14337164139341185002011-05-31T12:22:00.000-04:002011-05-31T12:22:13.039-04:00<span style="color: #d5a6bd; font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><em>that cricket</em></span><br /><span style="color: #d5a6bd; font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><em>under my window</em></span><br /><span style="color: #d5a6bd; font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><em>plays violin badly</em></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5311089858363125890-1433716413934118500?l=ecwordsmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ellen Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907063055694731624noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311089858363125890.post-67868562970049323392011-05-23T09:59:00.002-04:002011-05-23T10:03:48.056-04:00<div class="zemanta-img separator" sizcache="1653" sizset="0" style="clear: right;"><a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cocker_spaniel_angielski_zlotyy.jpg" style="clear: right; display: block; float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="An English Cocker Spaniel at a dog show" height="184" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Cocker_spaniel_angielski_zlotyy.jpg/300px-Cocker_spaniel_angielski_zlotyy.jpg" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; font-size: 0.8em;" width="200" /></a><span class="zemanta-img-attribution" sizcache="1653" sizset="1" style="clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; width: 300px;">Image via <a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cocker_spaniel_angielski_zlotyy.jpg">Wikipedia</a></span></div><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-family: Times, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: large;"><em>cocker spaniel ears</em></span><br /><br /><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-family: Times, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: large;"><em>windsocks</em></span><br /><br /><span style="color: #d9d2e9; font-family: Times, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: large;"><em>flap on the beach</em></span> <br /><div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_e.png?x-id=dd4e972e-fcf8-427d-b1af-9b51af3b94f8" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; float: right;" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5311089858363125890-6786856297004932339?l=ecwordsmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ellen Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907063055694731624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311089858363125890.post-89089697220439060502011-05-16T10:18:00.000-04:002011-05-16T10:18:12.572-04:00<div class="zemanta-img separator" sizcache="1079" sizset="0"><a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PearBlossomsCalifornia.jpg" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; display: block; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Pear blossoms, California, unknown variety" height="132" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/PearBlossomsCalifornia.jpg/300px-PearBlossomsCalifornia.jpg" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; font-size: 0.8em;" width="200" /></a><span class="zemanta-img-attribution" sizcache="1076" sizset="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; width: 200px;"> </span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Image via <a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PearBlossomsCalifornia.jpg">Wikipedia</a><br /><div class="zemanta-pixie" sizcache="1078" sizset="1" style="height: 102px; margin-top: 10px; width: 661px;"><strong><em><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">white pear blossoms</span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">petal flakes</span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">pile in drifts</span></em></strong> <br /><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_e.png?x-id=9a123f1a-741f-436b-a49a-e48899c91ead" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; float: right;" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5311089858363125890-8908969722043906050?l=ecwordsmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ellen Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907063055694731624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311089858363125890.post-220946262602176442011-05-16T10:02:00.000-04:002011-05-16T10:02:41.692-04:00<span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;"><em><strong>white pear blossoms</strong></em></span><br /><br /><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;"><em><strong>petal flakes</strong></em></span><br /><br /><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;"><em><strong>pile in drifts</strong></em></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5311089858363125890-22094626260217644?l=ecwordsmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ellen Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907063055694731624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311089858363125890.post-17608660198981460372011-05-09T10:01:00.000-04:002011-05-09T10:01:53.522-04:00<div class="zemanta-img separator" sizcache="2777" sizset="0" style="clear: right;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pink_rose_petals.jpg" style="clear: right; display: block; float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Pink rose petals" height="180" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/73/Pink_rose_petals.jpg/300px-Pink_rose_petals.jpg" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; font-size: 0.8em;" width="200" /></a><span class="zemanta-img-attribution" sizcache="2777" sizset="1" style="clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; width: 300px;">Image via <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pink_rose_petals.jpg">Wikipedia</a></span></div><span style="color: #f4cccc; font-size: large;"><em>rainy day</em></span><br /><span style="color: #f4cccc; font-size: large;"><em>pink petals</em></span><br /><span style="color: #f4cccc; font-size: large;"><em>stick to glass</em></span> <br /><div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_e.png?x-id=fd4d1c88-ef70-448d-a9c7-04a95e80e630" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; float: right;" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5311089858363125890-1760866019898146037?l=ecwordsmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ellen Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907063055694731624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311089858363125890.post-41981362747631504882011-05-04T11:07:00.000-04:002011-05-04T11:07:46.161-04:00<div class="zemanta-img separator" sizcache="1476" sizset="0" style="clear: right;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/7989487@N06/5675789667/" style="clear: right; display: block; float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Description unavailable" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5301/5675789667_93cb03e427_m.jpg" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; font-size: 0.8em;" /></a><span class="zemanta-img-attribution" sizcache="1476" sizset="1" style="clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">Image by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/7989487@N06/5675789667/">alison scarpulla</a> via Flickr</span></div><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"><em>cherry trees</em></span><br /><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"><em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; pummeled by winter</em></span><br /><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"><em>bloom anew</em></span> <br /><div class="zemanta-pixie"><img alt="" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif" /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5311089858363125890-4198136274763150488?l=ecwordsmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ellen Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907063055694731624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311089858363125890.post-69909426083788499642011-01-12T14:56:00.000-05:002011-01-12T14:56:35.087-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xNcpQx8_YEU/TS4HSUfuzOI/AAAAAAAAADg/L_0YezgQcFo/s1600/Winter+Is+Served.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" n4="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xNcpQx8_YEU/TS4HSUfuzOI/AAAAAAAAADg/L_0YezgQcFo/s320/Winter+Is+Served.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5311089858363125890-6990942608378849964?l=ecwordsmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ellen Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907063055694731624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311089858363125890.post-91603481946916513282010-11-25T10:16:00.000-05:002010-11-25T10:16:40.781-05:00<em><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Thanksgiving ~</span></em><br /><br /><em><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">back doors propped open</span></em><br /><br /><em><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">venting steam</span></em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5311089858363125890-9160348194691651328?l=ecwordsmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ellen Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907063055694731624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311089858363125890.post-81228218087784058382010-11-16T10:05:00.000-05:002010-11-16T10:05:05.367-05:00<em><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">leaf blower</span></em><br /><br /><em><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">Japanese maple</span></em><br /><br /><em><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">vandalized</span></em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5311089858363125890-8122821808778405838?l=ecwordsmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ellen Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907063055694731624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311089858363125890.post-89805432928623653642010-09-14T11:17:00.000-04:002010-09-14T11:17:07.926-04:00<em><span style="color: #b6d7a8;"><strong>first frost</strong></span></em><br /><br /><em><span style="color: #b6d7a8;"><strong>old house</strong></span></em><br /><br /><em><span style="color: #b6d7a8;"><strong>hot dust</strong></span></em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5311089858363125890-8980543292862365364?l=ecwordsmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ellen Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907063055694731624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311089858363125890.post-83234447814386132732010-09-06T15:13:00.000-04:002010-09-06T15:13:53.260-04:00<em><span style="color: #ea9999;"><strong>picking through earthquake ruins</strong></span></em><br /><br /><em><span style="color: #ea9999;"><strong>she drags</strong></span></em><br /><br /><em><span style="color: #ea9999;"><strong>pink suitcases</strong></span></em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5311089858363125890-8323444781438613273?l=ecwordsmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ellen Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907063055694731624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311089858363125890.post-60509270717073556392010-08-30T14:03:00.000-04:002010-08-30T14:03:51.619-04:00<em><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">winding road</span></em><br /><br /><em><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">big sandwich</span></em><br /><br /><em><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">messy lap</span></em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5311089858363125890-6050927071707355639?l=ecwordsmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ellen Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907063055694731624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311089858363125890.post-18916961553598477112010-08-23T19:05:00.000-04:002010-08-23T19:05:35.039-04:00<strong><em><span style="color: #f4cccc;">cocker spaniel ears</span></em></strong><br /><br /><strong><em><span style="color: #f4cccc;">windsocks</span></em></strong><br /><br /><strong><em><span style="color: #f4cccc;">flap on the beach</span></em></strong><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5311089858363125890-1891696155359847711?l=ecwordsmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ellen Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907063055694731624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311089858363125890.post-17316570687139791212010-08-16T15:32:00.000-04:002010-08-16T15:32:56.748-04:00<strong><em><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">one a.m.</span></em></strong><br /><br /><strong><em><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">sleepless</span></em></strong><br /><br /><strong><em><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">an acorn crashes</span></em></strong><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5311089858363125890-1731657068713979121?l=ecwordsmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ellen Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907063055694731624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311089858363125890.post-90953907026994791752010-08-11T10:51:00.000-04:002010-08-11T10:51:53.773-04:00<em><span style="color: lime;"><strong>on the beach</strong></span></em><br /><br /><em><span style="color: lime;"><strong>two musicians play duets</strong></span></em><br /><br /><em><span style="color: lime;"><strong>their violins abondoned</strong></span></em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5311089858363125890-9095390702699479175?l=ecwordsmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ellen Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907063055694731624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311089858363125890.post-34730728534791974172010-08-02T14:34:00.002-04:002010-08-02T14:47:00.421-04:00<div class="zemanta-img separator" sizcache="5185" sizset="0" style="clear: right;"><a href="http://www.daylife.com/image/012IaRPajr29V?utm_source=zemanta&amp;utm_medium=p&amp;utm_content=012IaRPajr29V&amp;utm_campaign=z1" style="clear: right; display: block; float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 24: A McDonald's fast-f..." src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/012IaRPajr29V/150x100.jpg" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; font-size: 0.8em;" /></a><span class="zemanta-img-attribution" sizcache="5185" sizset="1" style="clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">Image by <a href="http://www.daylife.com/source/Getty_Images">Getty Images</a> via <a href="http://www.daylife.com/">@daylife</a></span></div>fast-food joint<br /><br />a thousand-page novel<br /><br />upon his lap <br /><div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by 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height="200" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2684/4266585853_f16b405447_m.jpg" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; font-size: 0.8em;" width="115" /></a><span class="zemanta-img-attribution" sizcache="4285" sizset="1" style="clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">Image by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/39699193@N03/4266585853">Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts</a> via Flickr</span></div>poetry notebook opens<br /><br />eraser crumbs<br /><br />blow away <br /><div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_e.png?x-id=3f88c368-2ce2-4087-8748-becdab7bf18a" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; float: right;" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5311089858363125890-5179890219769628688?l=ecwordsmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ellen Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907063055694731624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311089858363125890.post-33304297884331175132010-07-19T15:17:00.004-04:002010-07-23T15:35:48.856-04:00<div class="zemanta-img separator" sizcache="1089" sizset="0" style="clear: right;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/93452909@N00/179523486" style="clear: right; display: block; float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Quercus garryana (Garry Oak)" height="180" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/65/179523486_36d1704877_m.jpg" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; font-size: 0.8em;" width="240" /></a><span class="zemanta-img-attribution" sizcache="1089" sizset="1" style="clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">Image by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/93452909@N00/179523486">brewbooks</a> via Flickr</span></div><em><strong>first quarter moonlight</strong></em><br /><em><strong></strong></em><br /><em><strong>July night</strong></em><br /><em><strong></strong></em><br /><em><strong>trees washed in silver</strong></em><br /><em></em><br /><div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_e.png?x-id=31f3560f-fb12-4feb-a4a8-e851f8eb91a9" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; float: right;" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5311089858363125890-3330429788433117513?l=ecwordsmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ellen Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907063055694731624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311089858363125890.post-31980989147779445562010-07-12T18:48:00.001-04:002010-07-12T18:51:48.755-04:00<em>she peers in shop windows</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>a house cat</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>watches birds</em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5311089858363125890-3198098914777944556?l=ecwordsmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ellen Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907063055694731624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311089858363125890.post-29094177009677836702010-07-05T14:39:00.000-04:002010-07-05T14:40:31.771-04:00<em>small boy</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>big Dad</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>walks with dog</em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5311089858363125890-2909417700967783670?l=ecwordsmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ellen Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907063055694731624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311089858363125890.post-12145256586229960442010-06-30T14:24:00.001-04:002010-06-30T14:29:21.702-04:00<em>in a cemetary</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>a yellow ball</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>rolling around</em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5311089858363125890-1214525658622996044?l=ecwordsmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ellen Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907063055694731624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311089858363125890.post-20098255919988354452010-06-30T14:05:00.002-04:002010-07-02T14:01:38.613-04:00<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5311089858363125890-2009825591998835445?l=ecwordsmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ellen Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907063055694731624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311089858363125890.post-87054314121310257802010-06-28T16:35:00.002-04:002010-06-28T16:42:01.478-04:00<em>in a cemetary</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>a yellow ball</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>rolling around</em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5311089858363125890-8705431412131025780?l=ecwordsmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ellen Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907063055694731624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311089858363125890.post-13869822367059968072010-06-22T06:39:00.002-04:002010-06-23T07:03:48.900-04:00<em>fast-food joint </em><br /><em><br />a thousand-page novel</em><br /><br /><em>upon his lap</em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5311089858363125890-1386982236705996807?l=ecwordsmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ellen Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907063055694731624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311089858363125890.post-38963707933323512112010-06-21T06:49:00.001-04:002010-06-21T06:51:25.005-04:00<em>calla lily</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>in a winter garden </em><br /><br /><em>green and growing</em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5311089858363125890-3896370793332351211?l=ecwordsmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ellen Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907063055694731624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311089858363125890.post-87237900266746683382010-06-18T07:41:00.001-04:002010-06-18T07:49:32.716-04:00<em>i am drunk</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>is it pink champagne</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>or your soul</em><br /><em></em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5311089858363125890-8723790026674668338?l=ecwordsmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ellen Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907063055694731624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311089858363125890.post-34489218502842905882010-06-17T08:10:00.002-04:002010-06-17T08:15:36.453-04:00<em>stormy rains</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>water colored blooms</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>melt and run</em><br /><em></em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5311089858363125890-3448921850284290588?l=ecwordsmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ellen Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907063055694731624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311089858363125890.post-20117821641864127142010-06-16T09:18:00.001-04:002010-06-16T09:27:25.356-04:00<em>miss Junie</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>the non-event chick</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>waiting here</em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5311089858363125890-2011782164186412714?l=ecwordsmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ellen Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907063055694731624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311089858363125890.post-9647907086290041792010-06-15T11:12:00.001-04:002010-06-15T11:14:25.164-04:00<em>soaking rain</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>stuck leaves</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>dry news</em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5311089858363125890-964790708629004179?l=ecwordsmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ellen Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907063055694731624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311089858363125890.post-27149997451982565312010-06-14T09:22:00.001-04:002010-06-14T09:26:13.145-04:00<em>broken window</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>grandpa and grandson</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>gasp and run</em><br /><em></em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5311089858363125890-2714999745198256531?l=ecwordsmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ellen Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907063055694731624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311089858363125890.post-69636054886243744192010-06-11T09:40:00.001-04:002010-06-11T09:42:35.031-04:00<em>wet flakes</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>kiss yellow maples</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>first embrace</em><br /><em></em><br /><em></em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5311089858363125890-6963605488624374419?l=ecwordsmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ellen Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907063055694731624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311089858363125890.post-23162943850298004492010-06-10T09:45:00.001-04:002010-06-10T09:47:54.809-04:00<em>mossy lake</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>undisturbed by chaos</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>mirrors life</em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5311089858363125890-2316294385029800449?l=ecwordsmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ellen Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907063055694731624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311089858363125890.post-8634296234617137532010-06-09T08:02:00.002-04:002010-06-09T08:06:13.537-04:00<em>a city street - </em><br /><em></em><br /><em>downcast man kneeling, prays</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>to a locked church</em><br /><em></em><br /><em></em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5311089858363125890-863429623461713753?l=ecwordsmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ellen Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907063055694731624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311089858363125890.post-48129456997210702842010-06-08T06:59:00.001-04:002010-06-08T07:02:18.287-04:00<em>brilliant sun</em><br /><em></em><br /><em> shatters in the lake -</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>his blue eyes</em><br /><em></em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5311089858363125890-4812945699721070284?l=ecwordsmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ellen Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907063055694731624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311089858363125890.post-77993556783436924202010-06-07T11:50:00.001-04:002010-06-07T11:53:05.167-04:00<em>a scorned shabby house</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>driveway filled with chalk drawings</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>overflowing love</em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5311089858363125890-7799355678343692420?l=ecwordsmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ellen Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907063055694731624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311089858363125890.post-391376668814340512010-06-04T14:47:00.001-04:002010-06-04T14:50:10.244-04:00<em>yellow bus</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>vacuums schoolchildren</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>quiesence</em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5311089858363125890-39137666881434051?l=ecwordsmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ellen Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907063055694731624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311089858363125890.post-91717867712584349122010-06-03T08:27:00.000-04:002010-06-03T08:28:31.232-04:00<em>sleeping breath</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>tranquil ocean waves</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>in and out</em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5311089858363125890-9171786771258434912?l=ecwordsmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ellen Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907063055694731624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311089858363125890.post-44358063528597592832010-06-02T09:33:00.000-04:002010-06-02T09:35:41.349-04:00<em>talking to two shoes</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>sisters in the ladies room</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>never meet again</em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5311089858363125890-4435806352859759283?l=ecwordsmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ellen Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907063055694731624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311089858363125890.post-55888554921142317272010-06-01T08:13:00.002-04:002010-06-01T08:16:17.667-04:00<em>a single breeze</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>combs shell wind chimes</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>so ends a poem</em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5311089858363125890-5588855492114231727?l=ecwordsmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ellen Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907063055694731624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311089858363125890.post-4531981428761120362010-05-28T09:28:00.001-04:002010-05-28T09:31:27.548-04:00<em>tickling wind</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>jiggles branches curls leaves</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>children laugh</em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5311089858363125890-453198142876112036?l=ecwordsmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ellen Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907063055694731624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311089858363125890.post-18719537584885330362010-05-27T08:36:00.001-04:002010-05-27T08:37:57.476-04:00<em>our maple </em><br /><em></em><br /><em>leaning over the fence</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>spreads gossip</em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5311089858363125890-1871953758488533036?l=ecwordsmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ellen Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907063055694731624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311089858363125890.post-36400674465037309192010-05-26T09:39:00.001-04:002010-05-26T09:42:01.136-04:00<em>wooded pond</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>undisturbed by chaos</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>mirrors life</em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5311089858363125890-3640067446503730919?l=ecwordsmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ellen Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907063055694731624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311089858363125890.post-41995444729789319802010-05-25T11:38:00.001-04:002010-05-25T11:40:48.643-04:00<em>old retched man</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>watery eyes</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>last leaf clings</em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5311089858363125890-4199544472978931980?l=ecwordsmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ellen Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907063055694731624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311089858363125890.post-50214665338717586052010-05-24T13:20:00.001-04:002010-05-24T13:22:00.044-04:00<em>two fleas debate</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>in a fur forest-</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>does Dog exist?</em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5311089858363125890-5021466533871758605?l=ecwordsmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ellen Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907063055694731624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311089858363125890.post-50249698134200157692010-05-21T12:39:00.002-04:002010-05-21T12:44:38.160-04:00<em>stark moonlight </em><br /><em></em><br /><em>blankets barren ground</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>soft as snow</em><br /><em></em><br /><em></em><br /><em>next morning</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>a crunch underfoot</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>broken grass</em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5311089858363125890-5024969813420015769?l=ecwordsmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ellen Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907063055694731624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311089858363125890.post-19935221279936990912010-05-20T09:52:00.001-04:002010-05-20T09:54:17.880-04:00<em>making beds</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>playtime for my cat</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>take a break</em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5311089858363125890-1993522127993699091?l=ecwordsmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ellen Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907063055694731624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311089858363125890.post-47991073989857670232010-05-19T12:54:00.001-04:002010-05-19T12:56:30.122-04:00<em>down bare trees</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>drips moss-scented rain</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>diamond drops</em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5311089858363125890-4799107398985767023?l=ecwordsmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ellen Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907063055694731624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311089858363125890.post-22721564850544217682010-05-18T08:32:00.001-04:002010-05-18T08:35:12.271-04:00<em>middle age</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>the moon stopped rising</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>out of sorts</em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5311089858363125890-2272156485054421768?l=ecwordsmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ellen Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907063055694731624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311089858363125890.post-40859190118468893192010-05-17T12:12:00.003-04:002010-05-17T12:19:12.298-04:00<em>two pairs of feet</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>ages thirteen and eighty-six</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>in bed talk life</em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5311089858363125890-4085919011846889319?l=ecwordsmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ellen Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907063055694731624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311089858363125890.post-15657793134621651622010-05-14T12:28:00.001-04:002010-05-14T12:31:11.988-04:00<em>the wine we drank</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>we were high and happy</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>it was grape juice</em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5311089858363125890-1565779313462165162?l=ecwordsmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ellen Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907063055694731624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311089858363125890.post-90881826487353230742010-05-13T10:09:00.002-04:002010-05-13T10:20:13.839-04:00Before I share today's haiku, I need to apologize for being absent from my blog yesterday. Like stuffing paper into the chinks of a drafty stone wall, I try to fit things that are important to me into each day. Keeping my blog updated is one of those important things. It's just that some days have too many drafts in my wall and I can not tend to each one.<br /><br />In that light, a message of hope:<br /><br /><br /><em>rowboats beached </em><br /><em></em><br /><em>atop grassy dunes</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>tide is near</em><br /><em></em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5311089858363125890-9088182648735323074?l=ecwordsmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ellen Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907063055694731624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311089858363125890.post-78274542198422003922010-05-11T10:28:00.001-04:002010-05-11T10:30:17.122-04:00<em>a curled leaf</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>skittering on tips</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>walks with me</em><br /><em></em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5311089858363125890-7827454219842200392?l=ecwordsmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ellen Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907063055694731624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311089858363125890.post-36692089557836383272010-05-10T19:37:00.002-04:002010-05-10T19:42:12.922-04:00<em></em><br /><em>swirling wind</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>gushes through bare trees</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>ocean swells</em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5311089858363125890-3669208955783638327?l=ecwordsmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ellen Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907063055694731624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311089858363125890.post-10386247023917744272010-05-07T12:13:00.001-04:002010-05-07T12:16:03.604-04:00<em>sleeping cat</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>melting in sunlight </em><br /><em></em><br /><em>dribbles off</em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5311089858363125890-1038624702391774427?l=ecwordsmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ellen Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907063055694731624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311089858363125890.post-57436059008925368202010-05-06T09:51:00.001-04:002010-05-06T09:53:21.067-04:00<em>pelting rains</em><br /><em> <br /> water colored blooms</em><br /><br /><em>melt and run</em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5311089858363125890-5743605900892536820?l=ecwordsmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ellen Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907063055694731624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311089858363125890.post-8193987913378605862010-05-05T13:24:00.004-04:002010-05-05T13:30:27.255-04:00<em>wrinkled face<br /><br />deeply etched wisdom<br /><br />radiant</em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5311089858363125890-819398791337860586?l=ecwordsmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ellen Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907063055694731624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311089858363125890.post-61393161839717332032010-05-04T11:12:00.005-04:002010-05-04T11:50:14.431-04:00<em>blue silk sky</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>embroidered pearl moon</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>kimono</em><br /><em></em><br /><br /><em></em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5311089858363125890-6139316183971733203?l=ecwordsmith.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ellen Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907063055694731624noreply@blogger.com0