Nature… Samara Triolet 31 Jul 202027 Jul 2020 The maple lets go of winged seeds Resin lets it perch on her nose These silly yet sacrosanct deeds The maple lets go of winged seeds She jumps in leaf…
Nature… The Bees and I 31 Jul 202030 Jun 2020 The beesaround my headgive me spaceto cut spent bloomsawayAwayfrom time and thoughtI take their rhythm formy own, relax into the buzzthey singThey singof work as sweet,and timed to ancient clocks;I…
Nature… The Appearance of the Spoonbill 31 Jul 202014 Jul 2020 Can a thought that moves my hand and writes a word, birth an occurrence? Sounds like a mystical Jungian event, but sometimes, who denies there are things that happen where…
Nature… Honey Bees Have Come Home 30 Jul 202027 Jul 2020 beckoned by jasmine’s last hurrah, just in time for heady honeysuckle buds to perfume the neighborhood and hummingbird- favorite liliums, this bevy of plants-turned-hedges, habitat to dozens of finches hidden…
Nature… Chrysalis 30 Jul 202030 Jun 2020 tethered by a silken threadshe safely cocoons herselfa golden chrysalisquietly encasedpatiently preparingto free her constraintsshe will emerge a new selfexpanding her wingsto dance in the wind By Abby DeSantis Abby…
Nature… On the Porch 30 Jul 202014 Jul 2020 "He who kisses the joy as it flies”—William Blake August. At the behest of nature, life feels epiphanous. In the simultaneous lazy, longevity grows slender. Thick with humid blooms, summer’s…
Nature Phoebe 29 Jul 202027 Jul 2020 Yellow butterflies, enlighten our view, there - here - over there, float. Random sightings, light - airy - mellow. Never seen before time, shaded brilliant hues. Mosaic Monarchs near October’s…
Nature Photography… In Awe 29 Jul 202014 Jul 2020 I used to be frightened of wasps and bees before I understood the vital part they played in creating both beauty and food. Now, as I willingly approach one, admiring…
Nature… Milkweed Pollinator 29 Jul 202014 Jul 2020 Once the solitary flyer buzzed her way to me, ignited my sight, and illuminated the stamen of my eye, golden iris, so vistas concentrated their chasms on the pupil and…
Nature Poetry Sunflowers 28 Jul 202014 Jul 2020 Amongst the wildflowers, I sit. The sun rises above the trees and the blooms wake up. A buzz grows around me. Carpenter bees by the dozens and the prettiest bee…
Nature… Frontier 28 Jul 202028 Jul 2020 An estate of orange brick, gouged into the moor. A new world being hacked, a clearing amongst the chimneys and cobbles, and we were the first to chart it. Life…
Nature… Bee Healthy 28 Jul 202028 Jul 2020 Bee Healthy Photograph by Allison Paoli Allison is a published poet and visual artist who resides in Nashville, Tennessee. Her work can be found in several publications including, but not…
Nature Poetry Dance of the Bees 27 Jul 202014 Jul 2020 What became of bees loud buzzing bumbles and honey bees plump and golden-striped? What of the forager bee gathering others on the dance floor of the hive with movements carefully…
Nature… Mexican Sunflower Monarch & 5 Pollinator Haiku 27 Jul 202027 Jul 2020 Mexican Sunflower Monarch 5 Pollinator HaikuQuickieHummingbird hoversPenetrates till satisfiedThird party loverRainDrone bees zig-zag homeDodging thundershower flakHoneyed queen dancingPaintSultry sunflowersFlame red and blossom yellowWhores to garden beesSoBumblebee exposé —So much to…
Nature… Sense Memory 27 Jul 202014 Jul 2020 do the clouds part for loneliness? cresting. the sun cradles the moon at sunrise. flesh falls from hollow bones. the osprey eat dinner alone. together. the bees may not make…
Nature… Bombus 27 Jul 202027 Jul 2020 I am stopped hoe in hand by the bee hovering at eye level weighing my worthiness to attend her garden -Jane Wheeler Jane Wheeler lives on a small hobby farm…
Nature Poetry Yellow Leads Me to Enlightenment 26 Jul 202014 Jul 2020 I traverse through serenity countless bright petals mimic the stars this field of sunflowers brings joy yellow leads me to enlightenment. Countless bright petals mimic the stars my body is…
Nature… All That is Manifold 25 Jul 202029 Jun 2020 At the refuge this windy fall morningthe pollinator garden is still ripeand humming with honey and bumble beeshovering above the aster blossoms.A bee box, with its small holes, gives shelterfor…
Nature… Lepidoptera 25 Jul 202014 Jul 2020 so varied and beautiful they taste with their feet and their feet pollenate our gardens a group is a flutter their eyes have 6000 lens sensitive to ultraviolet wings are…
Nature Poetry All Morning 24 Jul 202014 Jul 2020 All morning I have been disappearing The way sunlight Disappears I to the plants Until there is only That yellow flower And those Green leaves And your Alluring fragrance …
Nature… New Morning 24 Jul 202029 Jun 2020 “If dogs run free, then why not we...”-- Bob Dylan, 1970If dogs have fleas ----- then why not me?I wonder wondering if our magnificenttrees whose farthest-out leaves’re deador dying and…
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