Nature… Ode to a Tree Trunk 9 Dec 20198 Nov 2019 Out of pine-crusted hill, where wild turkeys once galumphed from tree branch to tree branch, you towered over the cabin. Maybe that’s why they picked you, the beetles. With sleek,…
Nature Tree at Crematorium III 8 Dec 201930 Sep 2019 Black pit charred and split open at the birch's Base parted like plundered legs left open broken black. The land stripped once of all green grows again green.…
Nature… Spring in the Forest Near Stanley 6 Dec 201930 Sep 2019 Sapling roots knuckle the earth as green shoots summon visions fresh buds line raw creeks. Water spirits nurture torrents of white crescendos flooding down from alpine heights. Loggers rapped…
Nature… Young Blues 4 Dec 201930 Sep 2019 You share your life on wings of scent, unadulterated tree breathing in the night, allow me a bed close by in grass. Bless your branches, let them untangle my…
Nature… Fall Splendor 3 Dec 201923 Nov 2019 -Tisha Mendes Tisha Mendes is an avid traveler and has traveled to many parts of the world with her family. She has experienced the fury of storms in the Mediterranean,…
Nature Refuge Of Trees 2 Dec 20194 Dec 2019 Protecting from the sun and heat trees spread arms high and wide over me and sing softly, gently, whispering – I can sleep in peace. On the prairie Precious trees, …
Nature Apricot Tree in the City 30 Nov 201930 Sep 2019 Aptly said, he noted No need for approval, she muttered Looking down Patterns on the sidewalk Sent a message There’s a word for that There’s a name they give you…
Nature Praying Unicorn 29 Nov 20198 Nov 2019 discovered itself in a hidden forest where Earth is trying to right herself with rain and green and tributaries of the water of lasting life. Here Unicorn is small and…
Nature Acorn Elaborations 28 Nov 201930 Sep 2019 Hannah Huff is Southern California-based writer and oak devotee originally from Paso Robles, CA. She won The Nasiona Flash Creative Nonfiction Prize 2019, was a finalist in the Terrain.org 9th…
Nature… Birchness 27 Nov 201927 Nov 2019 She stands among the barren clan still clothed, and yet she shivers. With every wisp of winter wind she quivers, and whispers dry and golden secrets from her rooted soul:…
Nature Autumn Musings 25 Nov 201929 Sep 2019 Crimson leaves fall in waves Fresh mud, squishy steps Cocooned caterpillars cling on twigs covered in dew Snails hike sunflower trails Stars twinkle into view Barren trees awaken from your…
Nature… The Beast and the Beauty 24 Nov 20198 Nov 2019 When they see me, They see me as Beast. I am just the nameless insect. Of no importance. I don’t matter at all. They notice me only when I sit…
Nature… Briefly Finding Home 23 Nov 201929 Sep 2019 I was a bird for a day Not because I could fly But because a storm Turned my world topsy-turvy A giant oak came crashing to earth Leaving a…
Nature… A Gust of Wind 21 Nov 201929 Sep 2019 A plum drops onto concrete next to my lawn chair This tree, the one that sheds every August making jam for the honey bees, was that you or the wind? …
Nature… Some Say The World Will End 20 Nov 20198 Nov 2019 Could paradise happen to us? Could we be transformed, blossoms falling From the sky, manna falling, ambrosia falling, Could we understand every creature’s speech, The libretto of the rhinoceros, the…
