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                                                                                         "Fall Leaves"
Fall leaves bask in the autumn sun

shadows cast the story

a memoir to a glance

a studied chance

along the path that few have taken

a thousand words explain this simple scene

with feeling not forsaken

yet readers have a picture each their own

so I write in paint a memory honed

from slow and careful study


Stephen Stavast
Fall Leaves
"Petoskey Find"
A quiet shore
a peaceful search

hands on knees
bent with joyous lurch
here’s one
another and another

what a find
and back again

to scour gleaned and cleaned reaches
others missed

Stephen Stavast

                                                                                                         "Windows"
Sky ripples blue
trees revealed in parts
sun runs bright
diagonally
between the trunks unseen

eyes delight
these shallows clean
through windows washed with focused vision

Stephen Stavast
"Precarious Perches"
 
Precarious Perches

Rocks have tunmbled
stumbled to a temporary rest

fallen
scored
however poured
they remain on precarious perches

tilts and tip or dare to flip
a stable land you’ll find
in any aspect

Stephen Stavast

                                                                                   "Koi"
Koi Koi
"Stones Thrown Garden"
Lines of beauty

grow amongst the stone

designers rest impressed and
made from thought

with balance flow
and colors glow in light

and volume set in shadows depth
bouncing life from one to one

another stones thrown garden
set beneath the sky
illuminated by the sun

Stephen Stavast

                                                                                                                            "Liquid Amber"

Gentle eddy

holds its first captive of the season

soon this harbor will be littered

from the repetition

of floating

falling

sinking

as the canopy brings itself

to ground

Stephen Stavast

Liquid Amber
"Purple Reign"

Rain has passed

now color reigns

a bow
a downward glance
a symbolic nod to the purple

tattered
worn
it still commands this realm

drops held captive remain in their places

subservient to the whole

and laid these all

leavings

amongst this moment

a treasure trove soon gone

yet here the crown remains

Stephen Stavast

                                                                                                           "Peaceful Canyon"
Sun fills small canyons

shadows and reflected lights abound

suggesting a larger volume

yet nothing gives a sense of scale

as life and experience

it is what it is

and here the referendum

awaiting the public voice to echo
through these hardened walls

and opt for peace

Stephen Stavast

Peaceful Canyon Prints
"The Bridge"
The Bridge A seat we've taken once

after a long day hike

beneath the bridge we've walked

to find this respite

close to camp

and nearly far from people noise

long shadows begin to fill
the spots of sun and cool the day

where man has shown his hand
in hard lined anomaly against this
else organic scene

Stephen Stavast

Fall Leaves Petoskey Find Precarious Perches Windows Stones Thrown Garden Liquid Amber Purple Reign Peaceful Canyons