Category: nature
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dusk halos
dusk halos light on the pole on water all day threatened rain static grey clouds rumble – soon the night sky may break thunder and light crack the dark I will go inside and listen to it rain 1-27-24
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haiku detris
among wet brown leaves spiny seed pods lie awake for a chance to grow 1-25-24
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haiku rain
rainy winter’s day sullied pond, full to the brim light rain tumbles down 1-24-24
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Dopplar reading in tercets
storms are in the forecast, crowding my news feed, lurking on the radar do deer know to hunker down, the squirrels to snuggle up, and birds to go to ground we will stay in our house, sitting on the couch, clicker in hand, hoping the internet does not go out 1-12-24
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Light rain
light rain fly-thru breakfast menu white egret stalks the shallows grabs fresh sushi in beak and flies away 1-9-24
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Reverence for the dead
whale fall funeral bed repose of the decomposed nothing goes to waste bones picked clean piled on ocean floor 1-7-24
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Pressed Against Glass
The enslavement of highly sentient beings for amusement in zoos and aquariums and calling it research haunts me. This is a sonnet for beluga whales. =================================== In crystalline depths, where whispers abide, A sentient spirit, in ocean’s embrace, A white beluga, in currents does glide, Captured, displayed in a confined space. Majestic prisoner of watery…
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haiku for last day of 2023
white egret rises up green hooded drake circles brown mate heron does not flinch 12-31-23
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nothing
nothing comes from emptiness not me, not you not the crow that calls harsh and often not the wind that chills the morning air rustles dry leaves . unwilling to fall everything comes from somewhere else why this is so I don’t know 12-30-23
