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Copyright 2012. Original poetry, art, writing & photography by Julie SuZaNNe BröKKeN

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

AUTUMN ROSE



Dervishing Rose: Full Moon Waning [5STwr1]
 © 2011  original photos and poetry by Julie SuZaNNe BroKKeN

full moon wanes ~  spilling
petals from her crescent rim
~ autumn's last rose clipped

Dervishing Rose: Moon in Southwest Sky 
©  2011 original photos and poetry by Julie SuZaNNe BroKKeN

moon's white petals spin... 
 fall ~ a dervish drops his arms ~
autumn's last rose wanes

Portrait of a Dervish: Moonlight Rose
©  2011 original photos and poetry by Julie SuZaNNe BroKKeN

Portrait of a Dervish: Full Moon Rose 
©  2011 original photos and poetry by Julie SuZaNNe BroKKeN

Dervishing Rose: Southern Sky 
©  2011 original photos and poetry by Julie SuZaNNe BroKKeN

Dervishing Rose: North Star
©  2011 original photos and poetry by Julie SuZaNNe BroKKeN

Dervishing Rose: Morning Star
©  2011 original photos and poetry by Julie SuZaNNe BroKKeN

Dervishing Rose: Quiet Dawn Awakens [5STwr2]
©  2011 original photos and poetry by Julie SuZaNNe BroKKeN

Dervishing Rose: Oh My Beloved
©  2011 original photos and poetry by Julie SuZaNNe BroKKeN

Dervishing Rose: Say Yes!
©  2011 original photos and poetry by Julie SuZaNNe BroKKeN

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Sunday, November 6, 2011

APACHE PLUME: PRETTY MEDICINE


   Apache Plume HoriZEN ©  2011 original photos and poetry by Julie SuZaNNe BroKKeN


Rosaceae Fallugia paradoxa
 Apache Plume ~ Ponil ~ Feather Rose 

pretty medicine 
an autumn twilight walk
brisk breezes blowing thoughts and plumes



pretty medicine

transmuted Apache plume blossoms
now all feathery pink ecstatic puffs

Apache Plume: Twilight Dancers
©  2011 original photos and poetry by Julie SuZaNNe BroKKeN

pretty medicine
stocked inside
this funny Fallugia pharmacy

pretty medicine
flowers pounded with horehound into poultice
swelling soothed

Apache Plumes, I
©  2011 original photos and poetry by Julie SuZaNNe BroKKeN

pretty medicine
leaves steeped into tea shampoo
hair loss prevented

pretty medicine
little evergreen leaves and wild desert Punché tabacco
arthritic joints relieved

Apache Plumes, II
©  2011 original photos and poetry by Julie SuZaNNe BroKKeN

pretty medicine
spring twigs boiled and sipped
indigestion and fever subside

pretty medicine
inner bark aspirin-like
headaches gone

Apache Plume: Pink Medicine
©  2011 original photos and poetry by Julie SuZaNNe BroKKeN

pretty medicine
roots boiled and just-a-spoon-ful-of-sugar
cough syrup

pretty medicine
camera pointed scene clicked
mind memory moment retained

Apache Plumes, III
©  2011 original photos and poetry by Julie SuZaNNe BroKKeN

pretty medicine
bees happily making Ponil honey
sweet life

pretty medicine
little achenes wearing little hairy feather headdress
good spirits

Apache Plumes, IV
©  2011 original photos and poetry by Julie SuZaNNe BroKKeN

pretty medicine
pink silky plumed seed heads dancing
connected souls

pretty medicine
November Apache plumes
connecting seasons


Apache Plumes: Autumn 'Snow'  (just 7 days later)
©  2011 original photos and poetry by Julie SuZaNNe BroKKeN

Apache Plumes in spring and summer seasons...  

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