nesting

i place an order

for nesting material

new year’s eve

time

           i watch time

     passing through trees

morning light

patience

spiderweb . . 

the art of patience

i’ve learned

star

over the river

and through the pines

the christmas star

tremble

frozen evening

the air trembles

my bare hands

flight

river mist

one of my bird calls

takes flight

midnight

when sounds

are just acorns

midnight fog

pleasure

the pleasure  of a flower  pandemic

excitement

christmas sounds

a boat parade excites

the river

pinnacle

pinnacle a turtle reaches what warmth remains

permission

The Heron’s Nest

Volume XXII, Number 4: December 2020 🙏

privacy

privacy fence

the grape vine

nevertheless

love hate

relationships

my love hate love thing

with a mask

artesian

artesian spring

a child’s cupped hands

big enough

change

everything changes

a discarded pumpkin

in the woods

unity

autumn afternoon

an alligator shares

a turtle’s sun

outrun

night feeding

the three legged cat

outruns us all

remains

drying pond

egrets encircle

what remains

heart

lightning strike

layer by layer

the heart

options

smooth

quiet day

skipping stones

across the sky

sweet

sweet spots

a turtle finds

the sunniest 

toadstool

a toadstool

without a toad

indian summer

renew

the sound pauses

only to renew

tropical rain

colour

early morning

the bright colour

of a bird’s song

eyes

Frogpond Fall 2020

betrayed

the moth betrayed

by my reading light

autumn eve

autumn

the glow of lights

for now we are autumn

old river bridge

room

downed tree

room enough now

for the sky to fall

sounds

wind in the palms

sounds i try to draw

into words

smile

adoption

the cat’s eyes

smile

empty

empty coffee jar

what i should have done

yesterday

tease

evening storm

wind teases my face

with its mist

sunday

sunday parking

a few spaces left

in the blackbird tree

splashes

quiet river

splashes of sunset

through hanging moss

colors

early morning

the music of colors

in a garden

sighs

wind gusts

the sighs of leaves

in between

anywhere

the red kayak

could be anywhere

evening mist

shelter

the shelter

of a squirrel’s tail

nor’easter

flow

to feel night flow downriver moonlight sonata

cat

a squirrel

on the porch

the cat

bouncing

tennis finals

raindrops bouncing

off lily pads

september 11

a hawk’s call

goes unanswered

september morning

barefeet

barefeet on a stone floor summer night

insistent

passing

time

how

insistent

the

grandfather

clock

quiet

a quiet hawk

in a dead pine

the noisy crow

heat wave

heat wave 

even if i wanted

to bake a pie

settle

the taste of fog

a duck settles

on the river

disasters

between disasters

a vine covered cottage

old with trees

clinic

mayo clinic

a crow’s silent voice

beyond the window