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Art Fredeen
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Professor Emeritus, Physiology of Plants to Forests; Carbon balance of forests after forestry and natural disturbances; Bird-crazy, Haiku poet; Epicurus; Nature Photography, Sustainability; Acoustic blues.
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winter slug -
my senses charting
food and warmth

alf 1.6.24
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Button’s Banana slug
(Ariolimax buttoni)
Pt Reyes, from 12.26.23.
January 6, 2024 at 5:20 PM
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constellation
of cygnets near dusk -
the flight of winter

alf 1.3.24
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Trumpeter Swans (juv.)
Leslie Street spit, Toronto
January 4, 2024 at 1:48 AM
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a cold squall
ruffling feathers -
the hawk and dove

alf 1.2.24
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Red-tailed Hawk, Leslie Street Spit, Toronto, Canada
January 2, 2024 at 3:05 PM
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precious little
light and warmth upon the lake-
the goldeneye ducks

alf 1.1.24
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Common goldeneyes
Leslie Street Spit
Toronto, Canada
January 1, 2024 at 9:09 PM
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graceful tai chi
in a great lake commons…
the preening swans

alf 12.31.23
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Mute swans, Leslie Street Spit, Toronto, Canada
December 31, 2023 at 10:51 PM
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rare elements
of duck and mercury -
the winter lake

alf 12.30.23
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Harlequin & Bufflehead ducks
Lake Ontario, Toronto
December 30, 2023 at 9:36 PM
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We empty boxes
Without resolution -
Chocolates past tense

alf 12.29.23
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December 30, 2023 at 2:29 AM