Nature… Path to Little Ruin 4 May 202630 Apr 2026 to Josiahthe leaves lay downthe carbon at my feetthe Leith is sniffing outthe settler’s stone shed the oldquarry the first dam the wateris dripping purple poroporofrom the side of the…
Paths 2026 Lay Lines 3 May 202630 Apr 2026 bewildered we stoodin the wildernesseach poem a held breathlike love or silencethere were no roadswe hated the word purposewe threw our heads backdefiantlythe white of our eyesnervous as horsesbut we…
Paths 2026 Nights like this 2 May 202630 Apr 2026 I stand in the full moon nightI think I see youor maybe your fleeting shadowgone in the blink of an eye.The moon is blinding tonight,Trees stand tall with an ethereal…
Nature WATCHING FORTY-SEVEN BISON TREADING THE SACRED PATH 1 May 202626 Apr 2026 Today let’s celebrate bison – the forty-seven released on the Wind River Reservation in 2021. May they thrive on protected lands of the tribes – Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho.…
Nature RIP Goodman Moose 30 Apr 202626 Apr 2026 Why, why do we feel (we all feel) this sweet sensation of joy? - Elizabeth BishopThe DEC has euthanized the bull moose that unusual divagations, wandered the trail up the…
Nature Walking to Work 29 Apr 202626 Apr 2026 I flush the birds out with my stepsHouse sparrows in the yewsA pair of mourning doves at the feederThey startle, loudly, thenresettle on the power linesI tell myself, look upLike…
Nature You Can Become 28 Apr 202626 Apr 2026 The First and Final Poem is the Sun —Rowan Ricardo PhillipsFirst and foremost, let there be light. Try to dwell in brightness.Sometimes we seek darkness, thinking it brings solace.Yes, it…
Nature The dawn – an original path to paradise 27 Apr 202626 Apr 2026 The dawn. The lighted silence. Very soon, there will be the dawn chorus-a torch to teach the day A lesson- avoid the human. My lot of death certificates open the…
Nature Chesapeake Bay: August 26 Apr 202626 Apr 2026 Sails billowSweltering day vanishes The old wooden boat skims over the waterfollowing a path of rippling moonlightI trail my hand in the frothing wakeWater streams over the varnished hullThe shore’s…
Nature Willowbrook 25 Apr 202624 Apr 2026 Up and around to stones, a city of stones, standing, lying, each with a name,three hours’ drive,a path of daffodils.Stones. Names I never heard.When I can, I go,sit on the…
Nature Trekking 24 Apr 202622 Apr 2026 It’s as if I’d been stumbling through a fallacious forest.My head in a thick duping overstory.But I knew it when I saw it--the pasture clearing,dotted with cow dung,some old and…
Nature Running Hard Herself, My Fox 23 Apr 202622 Apr 2026 barks to me that I must go on.I am trembling, weak, deep-stung?I feel lost among dark stones?She laughs at me in silver ripples,tells me with her full red furI’m the…
Nature Path 22 Apr 202621 Apr 2026 I follow the pathunfolding before medoorways appearout of mist and forest.I don’t know where this pathgoes, I just know thatit’s the one I’m on.The path winds its way through dark…
Paths 2026 The Crying Tree 21 Apr 202614 Apr 2026 Cursed till death to live in shameFor on fair countenance having spiedIts showering branches spill as tearsA tempest somewhere satisfiedOn the fringes of the sereneCorrupting beauty mala fideDistorted order in…
Paths 2026 drift 20 Apr 202614 Apr 2026 a wave split the hulltimbers fell apartnails scattered into sandthe sea gathered the pieceswore them smoothreturned them as driftwoodi lashed them into a raftthat floats but will not sailmarked repaireddeclared…
Paths 2026 Bury Me in the Forest 19 Apr 202614 Apr 2026 Let the seasons be my pallbearersAnd me their everlasting offeringI’ll change with the treesFrom green to gold to goneAnd like the snag I’ll be thereEven when there’s nothing left for…
Paths 2026 THIS MAGNIFICENT NIGHT 18 Apr 202614 Apr 2026 The dog’s nose is to the groundfollowing a path only he can find.I walk head down to the roadwatching the shine of my headlamp in the packed snow.We both look…
Paths 2026 White Butterflies in Motion 17 Apr 202620 Apr 2026 The flutter of whitenessfast movement of wingsin sync to liftand lowerto flitfrom flowerto stem to budto leaf to sunto groundto rest and soarfor grander thingswith sky holding—how each of them…
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.…
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