Moss and Mushrooms… Fairy Ring 11 Sep 202031 Aug 2020 After the heavy summer rains, the magicof the ring might show up. Legend saysnever step into a fairy ring, regardless ofwho had made it, whether elves or witchesin a circle-dance…
Moss and Mushrooms… Capture the Whispers 11 Sep 202011 Sep 2020 * Italicized lines from Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer, copyright © 2003. Reprinted with permission of Oregon State University Press. Poem by…
Moss and Mushrooms… Alaskan Amanita 10 Sep 202010 Sep 2020 Photograph by Michelle Stitzlein Michelle Stitzlein is a sculptor who utilizes repurposed materials in her work. In 2018, she travelled to Alaska and Denali National Park as an artist-in-residence with…
Moss and Mushrooms… A View from Below 10 Sep 202031 Aug 2020 Photograph by Nicole Gonzalez Nicole Gonzalez is a professor of psychology who, in her spare time, enjoys finding the beauty in the details that so often get overlooked -- from…
Moss and Mushrooms… Patio Decoration 10 Sep 202030 Aug 2020 -Photo/essay by Stuart Terman, M.D. I'm a physician, previously Assistant Clinical Professor/Ophthalmology/Case Western Reserve in my home city of Cleveland, married, and blessed with 4 grown children. I've had publications…
Moss and Mushrooms… Metamorphosis 9 Sep 20208 Sep 2020 let me be Ovid here — omnia mutantur, nihil interit everything changes,nothing perishes a woodpecker cavities a tree snag and calls it home, a nuthatch climbs in to share a…
Moss and Mushrooms… The Stinkhorn 9 Sep 202031 Aug 2020 In Ryan’s world, being quiet is relative. He doesn’t talk much––in fact, when he turned three, he ceased to speak at all, which was when his autism was first detected.…
Nature Mushrooms in Twilight 9 Sep 202030 Aug 2020 Photograph by Tisha Mendes Tisha Mendes, is an avid traveler since her birth and has travelled the world. She has experienced the fury of storms in the Mediterranean, the magnificence…
Moss and Mushrooms… Moss in the Mountains 8 Sep 20207 Sep 2020 Photo by Joseph S. Pete Joseph S. Pete is an award-winning journalist, an Indiana University graduate and a Pushcart Prize nominee. He was poet laureate of Chicago BaconFest, a feat…
Moss and Mushrooms… The Awakening 8 Sep 202031 Aug 2020 When you search for lifebut see not the vast network.When you seek intelligenceabove where you are standing.When no chemical heals youyet despise foraging in the wild.When you fear the largestand…
Moss and Mushrooms… Fancy new hat 8 Sep 202030 Aug 2020 Rosé hour in the glen. A circle of anxious squishy women wait. It’s time for my cap fitting. Mother rag skin butter fresh adjusts her white cap adorned with red…
Moss and Mushrooms… Where the Molly Moochers Grow 7 Sep 2020 Finding morels is like walking through a maze blindfolded, but it can be almost as much fun as eating them. Gnomes of the forest, morels are masters at hiding, but…
Moss and Mushrooms… May Morel 7 Sep 202031 Aug 2020 Photograph by Kip Knott Kip Knott is a past contributor to Tiny Seed Literary Journal. His photographs have also recently appeared or are forthcoming in Burningword Literary Journal, Wild Roof…
Moss and Mushrooms… Morel 7 Sep 202030 Aug 2020 The package arrives special delivery. He reads the return address before he opens it, vivid memories flooding up from that most distant time. His childhood neighbor now owns the woods…
Moss and Mushrooms… Persistence 6 Sep 20207 Sep 2020 Midmelt, grey-tingedsnow has turned everything to mud, yet velvety patches of emerald persist. Having patiently waited through winter, moss is in no mood to hide. Poem by Joan Kantor Joan…
Moss and Mushrooms… Savory Biscuits 6 Sep 202031 Aug 2020 Photograph by Rita Serra Rita Serra is an emerging poet and minted author. Her debut work, “Diary of a Blonde Vagabond,” is a poetic anthology that guides readers across four…
Moss and Mushrooms… Sporulating 6 Sep 202030 Aug 2020 Photograph by Ricardo Jose Gonzalez-Rothi An academic physician and scientific writer, Ricardo has had his fiction, creative non-fiction and poetry featured in the U.S. and in the U.K., in Acentos…
Nature… Red Squirrel 5 Sep 2020 I saw a red squirrel Eat a yellow mushroom. Daintily he nibbled around The edge, turning it around And around as he feasted until He noticed me watching........ Irritably he…
Moss and Mushrooms… Beauty from the Underworld & Mushroom Village 5 Sep 202031 Aug 2020 Photograph: "Mushroom Village" Beauty from the Underworld From the shadows, a world like no other,a kingdom buried in emerald green forestsoil rich and damp, hiding from the sun,lichens and fungi,…
Moss and Mushrooms… Uncommonly Ours 5 Sep 202021 Aug 2020 Photograph: "Stump Meister" by Laurie Klein Moss lawn, Royal Savill Gardens Windsor, U.K For centuries, winter’s grey boles rise from a sea of moss—doomed ships at anchor, sails ashen as…
Nature… In the Land of Spanish Moss 4 Sep 20202 Sep 2020 A strong virgin pine barely tilts with the wind its hanging moss sways In summer dusk moss stands in an oak's branches many tall shadows Moss drips tiny pear-shaped gems…
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