Nature… Dust on the Breeze 13 Oct 202013 Oct 2020 At this point, I'd really rather be a tree because then I could just be stuck, but free. I hear they spend no time at all talking, ‘agendarising’, And barely…
Nature… behavior in crisis 13 Oct 20209 Oct 2020 Poem by Ruth Mota Ruth Mota lives in the Santa Cruz Mountains of California where she writes poetry inspired by the wildlife around her. She enjoys facilitating poetry circles to…
Nature… Ant; Wasp; Frog 12 Oct 202012 Oct 2020 Ant This ant is tending his flock of aphids. I did not realize that ants did this, until I took a picture of this weird bunch of bugs on a…
Where is Your Wild A Song for Coincidence 12 Oct 202011 Oct 2020 Sue Blaustein is the author of “In the Field, Autobiography of an Inspector”. Her publication credits and bio can be found at www.sueblaustein.com. Sue retired from the Milwaukee Health Department…
Nature… 5 Haiku 12 Oct 202021 Oct 2020 Hola Blue humpback whale spouts: “Yo soy aqui, ahora!” Off the coast of Spain Timeout Tired fawn takes a nap Mama lunches, runs errands Returns with fresh milk Life Fog…
Nature Poetry… Walking the Winter Woods 12 Oct 20208 Oct 2020 Poem by Deborah S. Prutzman This poem is part of a full-length poetry book called More Seasons at Sunrise Lane. Deborah’s books include an award-winning memoir of life in America…
Nature… Bombus Citrinus 11 Oct 202011 Oct 2020 A lemon cuckoo bumblebee On my garden fence, at rest. Her delicate wings, bold yellow vest Her name, evocative of honey Suggest a charming, benign creature - blossoms - a…
Where is Your Wild Earthing 11 Oct 202012 Oct 2020 Joann Renee Boswell is the author of Cosmic Pockets (Fernwood Press, 2020). Joann lives in Camas, WA with her partner and three children. She loves rainy days filled with coffee,…
Nature Photography… To the Swallow This Spring at the State Park’s Nest Box 11 Oct 20207 Oct 2020 I own nothing of you nor this leaf that shivers into a half-bud above the phlox and blue flax that burrow with me into this old winter grass. Yet…
Nature… Considering the Benignity of Clouds 10 Oct 202010 Oct 2020 There are clouds on the move to the end of their edges, close to the end of their own shapes. Frayed where nothing was woven, they unravel what no one…
Through the Eyes of Nature Elegy for Snowy 10 Oct 20208 Oct 2020 Ghost echoes of moon-glass shimmered, stars turned upside down, tangled rainbows draped the clouds, and from two beaches away, I sensed she was near the bitter and sweet passage where…
Nature Photography… Forest Sentinels 9 Oct 20208 Oct 2020 Poem by Catherine Evleshin Professor Catherine Evleshin, ethnologist of African Diasporan cultures, writes fiction appearing in Among Animals2 (Ashland Creek Press), Canary Journal of Environmental Crisis, Gemini Magazine, Fiction…
Nature… Kindred Spirits 9 Oct 20206 Oct 2020 I woke from a bad dream to the sound of a buzz saw to discover the mangled corpse of chopped wood chunks and strewn branches, the remains of the beautiful tree that protected my balcony. The former golf…
Nature… Poison You I Will 9 Oct 20209 Oct 2020 Incognito is my specialty, Hidden among ordinary leafy greens, I wait for my prey to fall victim to me, I do not discriminate, but sporadically endure, For left unattended will…
Where is Your Wild Now 8 Oct 2020 Our sky remains blue. No scissored swallow cuts. No circling tawny wings of prey searching, waiting. Just blue. And the uncut field so very still as I shovel my boots…
Nature… Club Moss 8 Oct 20205 Oct 2020 on the roof I don’t panic I drink rainwater like a sponge here on the north facing slope no sunlight disturbs me tree branches shade me small birds gather my…
Nature… Big River Estuary 8 Oct 20208 Oct 2020 Sit with me, stay by my side I am the geography of your lives give me your worries to feed my currents give me your dreams to ferry the salmon…
Nature Poetry… Weed I Won’t Pull 8 Oct 20207 Oct 2020 Some hardship curved it into a green ampersand. Tendrils sprout along a resolute stem. I want to lean close, ask for some photoautotrophic wisdom. Listen to the soil's bacterial…
Where is Your Wild THE WINTER OF FEAST AND FIRE 7 Oct 2020 Poem by Jonathan Allen I am a 50-year old, who recently started writing a bunch of rhyming poems (the best kind?). I have three kids who are approximate teenagers,…
Nature… Woodland Whimsy 7 Oct 20207 Oct 2020 In the woodlands outside my window, There exists a wild stalk Growing six feet tall Leafy red and brown Brick-colored. The cardinals swoop-landed Atop and perched Bouncing up and down.…
Nature… The Shell 7 Oct 20205 Oct 2020 -Josephine Napiore Josephine Napiore received her M.A. in English from St. Cloud State University in St. Cloud, Minnesota, and her M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Augsburg University in Minneapolis,…
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