Nature… Last Leaves 30 Jan 202014 Dec 2019 First snow on last leaves thin on the branch morning’s snow weighs down each leaf. Still on the greener side of yellow, the leaves absorb the insult then slough their…
Nature… My Body Like a Hug 29 Jan 202021 Jan 2020 I’m so low down in the dumps, woebegone, weeping, heartsick, wiped out, bummed out, crummy, melancholic, gutted, glum, my stomach hurts, and if I let myself lay…
Flash Fiction… Southern Snow 28 Jan 202021 Jan 2020 His daughter is too young to remember the last time the sky fell. From this hill on Highland golf course they can see Birmingham’s abandoned downtown towers and hear the…
Nature… The Cracked Chestnut Tree 27 Jan 202030 Sep 2019 When I behold what you’ve been to me I stand alone far beneath this place we’ve felt and known. Where every bitter root leaves its scar for the sky to…
Nature… Cattails 26 Jan 202014 Dec 2019 Ten thousand prairie thuribles in the breeze, chained roots unmoved by hard blows, sticks of incense burn on the wind’s breath, seeds like ashes, ashes blown to dust. -John…
Nature… Of Earth 25 Jan 202014 Dec 2019 -Photograph by Marina Leigh My name is Marina Leigh. I am an English major and photography minor at the University of Nevada, Reno. I focus on incorporating both documentary and…
Nature… Owl and Owlet 24 Jan 202014 Dec 2019 -Photograph by Greg Clary Greg Clary is Professor Emeritus of Rehab and Human Services at Clarion University, in NW Pennsylvania. His photographs have been published in The Sun Magazine,…
Nature… Autumn Blitz 23 Jan 202030 Sep 2019 Wondering winds transcended upon treetops Layers of light reflected - hues of red, orange and yellows splashed brilliance off the lively leaves in their dancing descent of the Fall Flight!…
Nature… Planet Earth Haiku 22 Jan 202014 Dec 2019 -derived from natural facts presented in the BBC Planet Earth series Lakes of lava in molten Ethiopia — Hell’s ceiling on earth Gobi desert snow disobeys physical law…
Nature… Here 21 Jan 202021 Jan 2020 Here In the heart of the forest Where the silence is thunderous Where the deep green rises and blocks out the sun Where the flowers that blanket the forest floor…
Nature… Beavertail Park The Island of Jamestown, Rhode Island 20 Jan 202023 Nov 2019 “We are like islands in the sea, separate on the surface but connected in the deep.” ― William James We are rock climbing gently, like the ancient goats we…
Nature… Her Trees 19 Jan 202030 Sep 2019 (A tribute to Emily Carr) Wind-kissed elegance Reaching, resisting breakage Rain stoked courage Screaming shades of green against impossible blue. Sun-fueled persistence Confident wisdom Pointing elders, sapling…
Flash Fiction… in that way we are the same 18 Jan 202019 Jan 2020 Black bird with red wings yellow-tipped feathers like a funny knit hat with a golden bell. He breathes in the October morning, breathes out his song. The notes catch on…
Nature… Love and a Black Walnut Tree 17 Jan 202030 Sep 2019 We watched her grow, begin to produce green-covered nuts. He counted and guarded each one, as if to ready for war. Perched by the window, he threw rocks at…
Nature… 10.11.19 16 Jan 202014 Dec 2019 10.11.19 7.57 a.m. 50 degrees Pillaging the leaves that remain on the trees, this heavy wind ostracizes the landscape at the same time the landscape becomes flamboyant, neoteric, spectacular. And…
