Cleanse my spirits
Wash away my worries
Kingfisher my desires
Merganser my dive
Heron my stillness
Where birds become verbs
The rivers are wildest
poem by Marina Richie
I’m a nature writer based in Bend, Oregon. My passion is the belted kingfisher–the subject of a nonfiction memoir manuscript. My writing, however, is wide-ranging–often exploring our human connections with nature.
Please see my blog: https://beltedkingfisher.blog/
Belted Kingfisher, photo by Charles Wheeler