January 2020 – Tiny Seed Literary Journal

Last Leaves

30 Jan 202014 Dec 2019

First snow on last leaves thin on the branch morning’s snow weighs down each leaf. Still on the greener side of yellow, the leaves absorb the insult then slough their…

My Body Like a Hug

29 Jan 202021 Jan 2020

I’m so low down in the dumps, woebegone, weeping, heartsick, wiped out, bummed out, crummy, melancholic, gutted, glum, my stomach hurts, and if I let myself lay…

Southern Snow

28 Jan 202021 Jan 2020

His daughter is too young to remember the last time the sky fell. From this hill on Highland golf course they can see Birmingham’s abandoned downtown towers and hear the…

The Cracked Chestnut Tree

27 Jan 202030 Sep 2019

When I behold what you’ve been to me I stand alone far beneath this place we’ve felt and known. Where every bitter root leaves its scar for the sky to…

Cattails

26 Jan 202014 Dec 2019

Ten thousand prairie thuribles in the breeze, chained roots unmoved by hard blows, sticks of incense burn on the wind’s breath, seeds like ashes, ashes blown to dust. -John…

Of Earth

25 Jan 202014 Dec 2019

-Photograph by Marina Leigh My name is Marina Leigh. I am an English major and photography minor at the University of Nevada, Reno. I focus on incorporating both documentary and…

Owl and Owlet

24 Jan 202014 Dec 2019

-Photograph by Greg Clary Greg Clary is Professor Emeritus of Rehab and Human Services at Clarion University, in NW Pennsylvania. His photographs have been published in The Sun Magazine,…

Autumn Blitz

23 Jan 202030 Sep 2019

Wondering winds transcended upon treetops Layers of light reflected - hues of red, orange and yellows splashed brilliance off the lively leaves in their dancing descent of the Fall Flight!…

Planet Earth Haiku

22 Jan 202014 Dec 2019

-derived from natural facts presented in the BBC Planet Earth series Lakes of lava in molten Ethiopia — Hell’s ceiling on earth Gobi desert snow disobeys physical law…

Here

21 Jan 202021 Jan 2020

Here In the heart of the forest Where the silence is thunderous Where the deep green rises and blocks out the sun Where the flowers that blanket the forest floor…

Beavertail Park The Island of Jamestown, Rhode Island

20 Jan 202023 Nov 2019

“We are like islands in the sea, separate on the surface but connected in the deep.” ― William James We are rock climbing gently, like the ancient goats we…

Her Trees

19 Jan 202030 Sep 2019

(A tribute to Emily Carr) Wind-kissed elegance Reaching, resisting breakage Rain stoked courage Screaming shades of green against impossible blue. Sun-fueled persistence Confident wisdom Pointing elders, sapling…

in that way we are the same

18 Jan 202019 Jan 2020

Black bird with red wings yellow-tipped feathers like a funny knit hat with a golden bell. He breathes in the October morning, breathes out his song. The notes catch on…

Love and a Black Walnut Tree

17 Jan 202030 Sep 2019

We watched her grow, begin to produce green-covered nuts. He counted and guarded each one, as if to ready for war. Perched by the window, he threw rocks at…

10.11.19

16 Jan 202014 Dec 2019

10.11.19 7.57 a.m. 50 degrees Pillaging the leaves that remain on the trees, this heavy wind ostracizes the landscape at the same time the landscape becomes flamboyant, neoteric, spectacular. And…

Breathe

14 Jan 202023 Nov 2019

Every Sunday morning Buddha wakes us up reposed just as he was the night before when sleep delivered our tense and hurried minds from the world Every Sunday morning he…

Nature

Autumn Fog and Early Spring

13 Jan 202030 Sep 2019

Autumn Fog and Early Spring - photos by John McCluskey John McCluskey has published visual art, poetry, fiction, and non-fiction in literary and commercial publications worldwide. His most recent photo…

Nature

Hindsight in 2020

Nature Poetry and Photography Submissions open January 15, 2020 on Submittable!

Jedediah Smith State Park

11 Jan 202030 Sep 2019

Her girth renders mute, her beauty a heartache to witness. Reduced, feel her skin, run hands up her body. To be inside another living thing —a comfort. She teaches…

Swarm (green darners feeding)

10 Jan 202017 Nov 2019

Every evening they draw me down to the water where I stretch out my arms with my head bent back and stand in the center of a storm, thousands of…

A Group of Trees Huddling to Keep Warm in the Winter

9 Jan 202030 Sep 2019

Photo by Tisha Maria Mendes The Author loves travelling and exploring new places. She is very close to Nature and through her photography, she captures the pristine beauty of Nature. she has…