Paths 2026 Just Let Me 16 Apr 20262 Apr 2026 Just let me walkWhere a fence trimsA swath of grassJust let me walkIn the shadeOf an old maple treeJust let me walkWhere the hills meet the dawnI could never falterWith…
Paths 2026 Underground 15 Apr 20262 Apr 2026 i. On this wet morningI feel webs tense and tearacross my eyes, lips, chin.The spider launches, landson my shoulderas I destroy its silken home.Wandering, I notice a fraction ofwhat I…
Paths 2026 Unbroken Path 14 Apr 20261 Apr 2026 Ancestral passageFootsteps, path, sign post, road, mapGenerations flow-Konrad CoxA self-taught photographer captivated by the immersive potential of 360-degree spherical panoramas, primarily focused on the enchanting landscapes of the New Forest.…
Paths 2026 October 13 Apr 20261 Apr 2026 I lust for bark, unblemished scents of scarlet Maple permanence;and so I wander, vined and proud,with fear yet hid in shallow loud,attempting to emancipate what none will ever regulateand few yet barely…
Paths 2026 The Path of Hands 12 Apr 202623 Mar 2026 My mother’s hands taught me to sew—how to coax torn seamsinto quiet reconciliation.She mended more than fabric;she mended time,patching years between uswith the patient rhythm of a needle.My own hands…
Nature the long hill 11 Apr 20262 Apr 2026 we walk the long hilla ritual of 18 years our constitutional, she saysthe dog leads as usualsniffing the outdoorsas he runs aheadwhen there’s a gap he stands in the middleweighing…
Nature Anyway 10 Apr 20262 Apr 2026 god made a mess of the sky splashing moonlight in the grass in the field deserted she took to the side roads those hidden trails for chanting and white breath,…
Nature Once Born, 9 Apr 20262 Apr 2026 I let the answer go.It flew across the meadow and away.Really, just gone like that.This much we share. I wasn't sure what to do next.You must have felt the same.Life…
Nature Promise of Blue 8 Apr 20262 Apr 2026 brightblue bird daythere perched is ablue bird jayhe picks at the pinecollecting needlesperhaps for a nesthe pauses, lookingat me with a flicker of obsidianI stare backfrom thirty feet highGranite Mountain…
Nature The Path Utters to Itself 7 Apr 20262 Apr 2026 It's narrow and winding, strewn with pine needles.My arm brushes against wet leaves, twigs crunch like cereal underfoot.Something in the air saysI've entered a lingering sceneinvolving last night's new moon.Luna…
Nature Heron Royalty 6 Apr 20262 Apr 2026 She poses across the pond.I, at courtier distance,stand behind branches, concealing the trail.She is poised – tall, regal, gilded –her long yellow-orange beak an early morning sunbeam pointing south.She is…
Nature The Possible Path 5 Apr 20262 Apr 2026 One sunlit spring day I discovered a pathOf green and wood and dappleIt offered two ways, to the right and the leftJust one, though, was even and suppleOne chosen and…
Nature Pathway 4 Apr 20262 Apr 2026 I walk this pathway,growing steadily narrow.My life breath wanes,wrapped in constant sorrow.Many memories resonate,moments, I still cherish.Reflections of our love,time cannot tarnish.Upon my life’s pathway,I journey with solemn guilt.Mistakes resonate…
Nature Forest Elk 3 Apr 20262 Apr 2026 massive and muscled, a white-rumped, bearded beauty on the cusp of rut,he is progeny of an ancestral herd that knew this place - before the farm, before the roadwhen the…
Nature Roads Untravelled 2 Apr 20262 Apr 2026 Had we each taken other forkswhile treading the great sweepof all those years then still waiting to be trodour paths might have joined sooner,but would we now be sick and…
Paths 2026 Offering 1 Apr 202623 Mar 2026 We got lost in the bog, wandering a labyrinth of trails which drew us slowly to the center. There pompons of cotton grass shone in late sun like lamps. The…
Nature Butterfly 31 Mar 202623 Mar 2026 This lovely butterfly suddenly visited for a short while near me, before flying off so quickly.Those we love pass by as my wife just did, just as this lovely visitor,…
Paths 2026 Morning Dew 30 Mar 202623 Mar 2026 This morning, searchingfor what fell from me last nightwhile we danced barefoot,I crawl through grass on my knees,silk dress darkening with dew.Each blade I part holdsits perfect sphere of water,catching…
Paths 2026 The Sounds of Footsteps 28 Mar 202620 Mar 2026 Springtime footstepscome after the snow liquifiesand the softening ground becomesspongy once again,when snowmelt seeps into soil,creating a waterlogged slurrythat squelches underfoot. Summer footstepsoccur when plants have matured,the stalks grown highand…
Paths 2026 Night Heron at Brazos Marsh 27 Mar 202627 Mar 2026 - George Chandy I am a retired physician-scientist newly embarking on expression through poetry. My work grows out of my love of the natural world. A poem of mine, "Emerald…
Paths 2026 Galaxies of Growth 26 Mar 202619 Mar 2026 After mind hug,I was waiting in the dark —warm as the kissyou never gave me.Time didn’t stop,but I did —right where you left me.Even angels were bored.We ran out of…
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