Category: Dreams

Inside Out- Haiku Triplet

 

Moss, darkness, cold, cling to

Bones of winter trees

A picture through a window

 

Sprinkles of rain, pelts of hail

Rivers pound boulders

Autos hum in the background

 

Mist obscures the distant peaks

Humus mutes footfalls

Nature from the inside out

 

image by Becky Kjelstrom

birds

sky full of birds
up high a hawk
crows wing at the edges
songbirds dart
every which way
a hummingbird perched,
silent, in a dogwood.

can the hawk see the hummingbird
or
are its eyes
full of light
pouring from the sky
sliding on ropes of cloud
slender as rain

Image by Quentin Dr via Unsplash

The Essential Nature of Hummingbirds

Hummingbird in Flight

Whenever two hummingbirds strive for dominance at a feeder, whenever they fight over a patch of blossoms, whenever one strafes my head because I’m too close to its food source, I am reminded that hummingbirds, like all birds, are the evolutionary descendants of dinosaurs.

A hummingbird has a T-Rex heart.

Image by Michael Baird via Unsplash.com

The River Twist

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She sits beside the river, resting, watching it run.  She knows it is time to get in, move on.  But she wants a few more moments to breath, think about where she has been and what awaits.

The river has been wild lately.  Too much rain and snow melt, too  many sharp rocks, hidden snags.  But maybe there is a broad beach at the mouth and a sunset.  Or a sunrise?  Something more than this cold, shadowy ledge.

She takes a deep breath, the wind seems to settle, the current slackens.  She slides into the icy water and heads downstream.

Image by Robin Anderson