Tiny Seed Literary Journal – Page 2 – nature-inspired poetry, prose, photography and art

Nature

Mountain Thistles

19 May 202317 May 2023

The thistle is not earth’s most beautiful plant.Nor is the purple urchin of its blossom excusefor the ragged anger of its leaves and spines.But its roots spread into its motherlike…

Nature

Ode to the Wild Strawberry

18 May 202317 May 2023

Oh, yellow bloom atop stout stemwith five petals to turn intoripe, sweet berries. Oh, green,green leaf with ruffled edge,may spring pander to your heart,and April nourish your beautywith its cool…

Poetry of the Wild Flowers

The Wine Cup on my Hood

17 May 20234 May 2023

Someone or something left me a gift todayA wine cup blossom on the hood of my car I looked around and there were no wine cups orOther flowers growing near…

Poetry of the Wild Flowers

Soft Landings

16 May 20233 May 2023

The earth was out past the snow now,mud laid bare in a winter melt.The thought of catching rabbits day after day is Fox’s reveriebut something catches at the thread.Odd tacks…

Poetry of the Wild Flowers

Wild Sunflowers

15 May 20234 May 2023

Sunny halos frame frank brown faces turnedeast to worship dawn’s fist rays,call to me, “Just look up...” Julie Sellers Julie A. Sellers is the author of the novel Ann of…

Poetry of the Wild Flowers

The First Rose

14 May 20232 May 2023

Death surprised me in a burst of yellowdriving the edge of Cayuga Lake. The news wasn’t slow like tulipsslowly poking up through soil. No. Instantaneous blossoms appearedgolden against still slumbering…

Poetry of the Wild Flowers

What of Her Remains

13 May 20232 May 2023

The day before closing on the sale of the house and land the tall widower in his best shirt kneels in the wildflower meadow, after rain, eye level with his…

Poetry of the Wild Flowers

There was nothing so wonderful

12 May 20232 May 2023

As messing around in that ravine. Its' slow slope slant carried my feet past our garden's last fence post Into a cool dark pattern of mottled light leading down to…

Poetry of the Wild Flowers

Dandelions

11 May 20232 May 2023

Dandelions more than most know alchemy: gold spun from straw and seed and leaden soil. From yellow to airy globe dandelions transform, answer the wish for wings. They say, Use…

Poetry of the Wild Flowers

A Child’s Delight

10 May 202329 Apr 2023

yellow orb so brightflower-flame of spring turn white:dandelion moon tiny lips against the weedpuffing fluffs—goodbye seed:falling stars at noon Stephanie Jackson Stephanie Jackson writes poetry for all ages, often with…

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Shrinking Violet

9 May 202329 Apr 2023

Once upon a time in the forest, there she wasa tattered common violet rooted and sweet,resting on a tiny bed of crushed coppery leavesdrinking Crème de Violette from a snail…

Poetry of the Wild Flowers

Late Afternoon Forest

8 May 202329 Apr 2023

tattooed withpurples and redsyellows and whiteswild shafts of sunlightcascadeover our shouldersdown our armspoolingon the black and whitefur of our girlsa stillnesssplintered onlyby the whooshof the windandthe beatof our hearts night’s…

Poetry of the Wild Flowers

Forget-Me-Nots

7 May 202323 Apr 2023

They grew at the bottom of the hillat the edge of the woodswhere the brook ranthose delicate blooms all pale blue with tiny yellow centers,they were almost too small to…

Poetry of the Wild Flowers

Flames in Green

6 May 202323 Apr 2023

Flaming orange blossomsshouting in the meadowsea of green and green:“Here! Here! Here!I am HERE!”And, butterflies listen,fly to and drinkfrom Butterfly Milkweedwith roots deepanchoring soillinkingair and realm below.Clustering flames:bright presenceunforgettableas one…

Poetry of the Wild Flowers

Witness

5 May 202323 Apr 2023

On Cemetery Hill we would flop down into the grass, the blaze of mountain summer skies hot on our backs, and push our noses deep into the dark grass, the…

Poetry of the Wild Flowers

Helianthus

4 May 202323 Apr 2023

Turning toward the light of day, the tall, stately blooms line up with military precision, stretched over the acreage. They reach out to touch neighbors and morph into a chorus…

Poetry of the Wild Flowers

Spirit of the Wildflower

3 May 202323 Apr 2023

I want the wind to caressmy every petal now thatI've woken, wish I couldfly myself away as if I wereborn with angel wings soI may see where all thespring waters…

Poetry of the Wild Flowers

Blooming and Radiant

2 May 202318 Apr 2023

I venture forth.Into Nature’s realm.Meandering in meadowsof copious colors.WILDFLOWERS!Blooming and radiant,a visual whirlwindof yellow, white, and crimson.Drawing me inwardto experience fragrances,wondrous and intoxicating.Bees and butterfly’sfeast upon natural delicacy.Candytuft’s welcoming smile,vibrant…

Forever Wild Beauty

1 May 202314 Apr 2023

We don’t think of them in winter.Winter and flowers at oppositeends of that continuum of seasons.But they are there standing in coldand snow as if guardians to secretsof the earth…

Poetry of the Wild Flowers

Morning Riser

30 Apr 202314 Apr 2023

Slivers of bleached light settleon ochre dusted waterThe sun’s kind influence offering lifeRustle of ground cover, a burble, small bubblesIn the marsh words fall away Beyond cattails where minnows hideSecluded…

Poetry of the Wild Flowers

Dandelion

29 Apr 202314 Apr 2023

wrapped in faded foldedwax paper and discoveredin the top drawerof her mother’s armoire,she became that five-year-old girlfirst plucking them from the grassthen running into the kitchenlook what I picked for…