all poems © Joy Yourcenar
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page last updated on July 22, 2002

While I by no means consider myself a Nature poet, there's no deny its power as a metaphor. I live in the heart of downtown but even there Nature is a frequent muse. Pan's Pipes draws from both the beauty and the ugliness present in the natural world.

Fall Garden Daoshi
May 21, 1997

Dandelions
June, 1997

The Truth About Cats and Parables
February 22, 1999

Maledicta
November 30, 1998

Evolving Beauty
April 1998

Haiku
1996-1999

Last Storm of Summer
August 18, 1998

Fall Fatale
September 28, 1998