Tag Archives: nature

Trees, water, with a side of existentialism&nihilism

Posted on July 2, 2017 by Katya Nina

You are standing in the forest. You smell the wet soft wood, the mud. Lichen grows on fallen trees in delicate ripples, moths flutter past your eyes. You are standing in the forest. The trees start to thin as you … Continue reading →

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Waters Flow Where Waters Will

Posted on July 20, 2016 by Katya Nina

There is a fountain That flows and flows And never lets up And often you will find A blue toad sitting On its rim, Its tadpoles taking a swim As the cool ridges of water Fold over and over again. … Continue reading →

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Distant Brilliance

Posted on January 14, 2016 by Katya Nina

I have such A deep fondness Of the stars   That can only be explained By my understanding   That the stars are just far enough away That in them I can detect no blemish,   Yet they are just … Continue reading →

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Learning To Love My Stars

Posted on December 31, 2015 by Katya Nina

“If I cannot lie under the stars, I will watch them from my window” said a little girl to her parents one night. This was one of the difficult adjustments the girl had to make when her chronic illness first … Continue reading →

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The Bird and Her Bench

Posted on July 27, 2015 by Katya Nina

A little bird Perched On the iron armrest Of a bench Just outside The library. . It was a funny bird, For I saw it daily As I went to write, But not once Had I observed A fat worm … Continue reading →

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Tambourine Girl

Posted on May 2, 2015 by Katya Nina

The park was peaceful and the day was warm. In an open field, past abandoned barbeques and empty swings, far out on a blanket of wild grass lay a couple. They stared at the sky, welcoming in the sun. They watched … Continue reading →

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iceskating

Posted on December 27, 2014 by Katya Nina

Gliding with gentle strokes, Slowly in a circle Then again and faster, Lower, Faster, Lower, Cutting through the ice With elegant silver wings. Freedom, Flying with freedom. Soul and wings take over, The rest relaxes: You’re In your own world … Continue reading →

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Make-Believe

Posted on November 14, 2014 by Katya Nina

Sitting in the library, I remember clearly The moments back in high school When my imagination soared. I’d be sitting in my Lit class, Or perhaps in On-level pre-calculus When my subconscious Gladly turned me towards the window, My soul … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on thoughts (of Mary Oliver)

Posted on November 13, 2014 by Katya Nina

“Foolishness, No It’s Not” by Mary Oliver “Sometimes I spend all day trying to count the leaves on a single tree. To do this I have to climb branch by branch and write down the numbers in a little book. … Continue reading →

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A poem and a quote for this day

Posted on November 8, 2014 by Katya Nina

Dear sunshine, steal my soul today. Take me to warm utopia, where on a throne of grass I lay, sweet birdsongs passing by and by and by… and time is no concern of mine. Just the pure pleasure of the … Continue reading →

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