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Author: Roberta Proffitt Lavin, PhD, FNP-BC, FAAN

Leave a comment July 5, 2021 Roberta Proffitt Lavin, PhD, FNP-BC, FAAN
Seeds planted in Spring
Bring wildflowers in Summer
A small patch of joy

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Flags
Leave a comment July 4, 2021 Roberta Proffitt Lavin, PhD, FNP-BC, FAAN
Let the flags announce
Freedom desires an open
Life seeking our core

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Baby Birds
Leave a comment July 3, 2021 Roberta Proffitt Lavin, PhD, FNP-BC, FAAN
I hear baby birds call
Revealing their hiding place
Hunger routs safety

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River of Fog
2 Comments July 3, 2021 Roberta Proffitt Lavin, PhD, FNP-BC, FAAN
Morning sun rising
A river of cloud flows down
to meet the basin

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Picture Perfect Prudence
Leave a comment June 28, 2021 Roberta Proffitt Lavin, PhD, FNP-BC, FAAN
Picturesque  Prudence
Protecting her desert home
with special powers

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Deers in Mist
Leave a comment June 24, 2021 Roberta Proffitt Lavin, PhD, FNP-BC, FAAN
Deers graze in the mist
Hiding forlorn refugees
Trying to be free

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Sunrise
Leave a comment June 22, 2021 Roberta Proffitt Lavin, PhD, FNP-BC, FAAN
Waiting on sunrise
Singing of the desert sand
Echos quietude

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Flying effortlessly
Leave a comment June 20, 2021 Roberta Proffitt Lavin, PhD, FNP-BC, FAAN
Birds effortlessly
Ride out the storms of life
Absent holy fight

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Lillies
Leave a comment June 19, 2021 Roberta Proffitt Lavin, PhD, FNP-BC, FAAN
Longing for lillies
Barefoot in the baking sun
My soul seeks beauty

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Leave a comment May 26, 2021 Roberta Proffitt Lavin, PhD, FNP-BC, FAAN
No aridity
Each shot to the soul, America
Lets love bleed and die

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Leave a comment May 25, 2021 Roberta Proffitt Lavin, PhD, FNP-BC, FAAN
Flowers are silent 
Beginner's imperative 
Hear the flowers speak

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Leave a comment May 24, 2021 Roberta Proffitt Lavin, PhD, FNP-BC, FAAN
Love the age of life
Seen in the star of roses 
Summer devotion

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Leave a comment May 18, 2021 Roberta Proffitt Lavin, PhD, FNP-BC, FAAN
Yellow desert rose
I expectantly await 
You prickly beauty

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Leave a comment May 11, 2021 Roberta Proffitt Lavin, PhD, FNP-BC, FAAN
Roses, Spring's pure joy
Bring evenings full of regret
that the sun will set

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Leave a comment May 6, 2021 Roberta Proffitt Lavin, PhD, FNP-BC, FAAN
Warm colors of spring
Like roses bursting forth
Sing, life renewed

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Leave a comment May 3, 2021 Roberta Proffitt Lavin, PhD, FNP-BC, FAAN
Coyote lurking
Predator eyes lacking fear
The roadrunner flees


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Leave a comment April 30, 2021 Roberta Proffitt Lavin, PhD, FNP-BC, FAAN
Waking to spring snow 
Falling overnight and then gone
Impermanence so

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Leave a comment April 28, 2021 Roberta Proffitt Lavin, PhD, FNP-BC, FAAN
Waiting for the bloom
Willing the rose to spring forth
In a color rush

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Leave a comment April 21, 2021 Roberta Proffitt Lavin, PhD, FNP-BC, FAAN
Miniature flowers
Bring life to sparse arid land
Joy to all beings






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Leave a comment April 20, 2021 Roberta Proffitt Lavin, PhD, FNP-BC, FAAN
Cherry blossoms bloom
Birds sing of spring mountain snow
In harmony flow

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Leave a comment March 24, 2021 Roberta Proffitt Lavin, PhD, FNP-BC, FAAN
B
Blustering snowstorm
Birds cling incapable of flight
Daffodils lie down

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Leave a comment March 24, 2021 Roberta Proffitt Lavin, PhD, FNP-BC, FAAN
Sitting in the snow
Meditating on whiteness
Blustering wind’s soul

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Leave a comment March 23, 2021 Roberta Proffitt Lavin, PhD, FNP-BC, FAAN
Evil  of gunshots
Violence in souls cry out - help
Peace is possible

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Leave a comment March 22, 2021 Roberta Proffitt Lavin, PhD, FNP-BC, FAAN
Daffodil's first blooms
And the sounds of spring's delight
Air's sweet aroma

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Leave a comment March 17, 2021 Roberta Proffitt Lavin, PhD, FNP-BC, FAAN
Mantel of our lives
Lift up cherished memories
reflecting friendship

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Disordered

Leave a comment March 15, 2021 Roberta Proffitt Lavin, PhD, FNP-BC, FAAN
Church mean in spirit
Spouting hate not love for others
What thistles you do grow

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Leave a comment March 15, 2021 Roberta Proffitt Lavin, PhD, FNP-BC, FAAN
Lotus pond - nurse mind
Grown for beautiful caring
Body, mind, and spirit - ACT

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Leave a comment March 14, 2021 Roberta Proffitt Lavin, PhD, FNP-BC, FAAN
Roadrunner perches
Excited by the blowing wind
Spots feast or fancy

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Leave a comment March 13, 2021 Roberta Proffitt Lavin, PhD, FNP-BC, FAAN




Kachina spirit
Serenades pink clouds of Spring
Singing - desert rains

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Inchworm

Leave a comment March 11, 2021 Roberta Proffitt Lavin, PhD, FNP-BC, FAAN
Inchworm, spring’s alpha
Lift and stretch; form omega
Lovely garden’s end

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