there are nests built on poles of jack pine
where they suit mama ospreys just fine;
when their eggs start to hatch,
news is quickly dispatched
to their friends via telephone line.
–photo by me
Month: June 2020
shot of the day 6/28/20
we are drawn
to open waters,
our distant past
calling us back
–photo by me
Six-word Stories
“Sorry about the mask, Gramma…goodbye.”
tanka: threats
a doe with two fawns
watches me so intensely–
putting them at risk
we focus on perceived threats
while blind to real danger
–photo by me
wordless wed 6/24/20
–photos by me
haiku 87
nature’s abstract art
on exhibit at the beach
in driftwood displays
–photo by me
shot of the day 6/20/20
a lake is liquid earth and sky
a mirror among the trees
greeting everyone by
waving in the breeze
–photo by me
Chuang Tzu Quote
This is my attempt to make a little model of a birch bark canoe. Try as I might, I just couldn’t get it right, so I decided to go with the flow and started gluing pieces together without any plan. Maybe it’s because I drove truck for twenty years, I don’t know, but this is what came out of it.
Sometimes writing poetry is like that too; you have an idea, but if it morphs into something else, go with it. It reminds me of this Chuang Tzu quote:
Flow with whatever is happening.
Let your mind be free.
Stay centered by accepting
Whatever you are doing.
–Photos by me
nightlights
in the night
a subtle sight
inscrutable
in morning
light
here i find
my quiet mind
the world’s
worries far
behind
inner peace
comes over me
the night is come
and now i
see
–image by pinterest
Brown Lives Matter*
A tiny toad, hoping my camera lens isn’t a gaping mouth.
A smirking bunny, father of hundreds.
A Scottish Highland cow with stylish, peek-a-boo bangs.
A sandhill crane, just being weird.
A happy mama with her ducklings in a row.
*Other colored lives that matter:
~All lives matter
–Photos by me
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