Nature

Finch with red plumage sitting calmly

ode to a house finch

your dainty redhead turning this way and that   attentive and attuned ready to fly...
Stormy waves crashing against lighthouse pier

Wind from Water

You must Distinguish The Wind from Water–one feeds The Other Divides
Earth from space showing continents and oceans.

Honor thy Mother

What day were you born? How many eons have past? How much longer can you...
Sunset over a serene river landscape

Truth is

Truth is, come what may the heart of the valley beats the river flows on
Forest undergrowth with red berries

A Semi-Salacious Ode to Rhubarb

Ruby red, you rise! Emerging like a young, nubile burlesque dancer From your long Winter’s...
Milky Way over forest trees

April’s Third & Fifth Snowstorms

iii As the pine’s whisper and the geese fly overhead just above the eves of...
Hungry chicks with open beaks

Skylark revisited

  Pace yourself–breathe deep It’s a long arduous race and it’s only just begun Rising...
Dog with stick in snow

April’s First Snow

Snow falls like manna Mouth open my tongue savors cold calm communion     ©catherineglynn...
Small bird resting on tree limb

Forsythia waits

April’s gentle winds Lift sparrows from hydrangea Forsythia waits
Bluebird perched on a bare branch

Nature’s Sweet Refrain

As gray, meek skies weep Songbirds still sing in the rain Nature’s sweet refrain