Rain

Finally--the rain
soaks dry earth, so long wanting
puddles to play in.

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The One of a Different Perspective

I love a nuthatch.
Neat little package, steel blue.
Diff'rent-looking one.

White-breasted Nuthatch, Sitta carolinensis
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Woolly Bear

Soft feet crossing heat
as cars and trucks fly past them.
Oh, these bears can run!

Yellow Woolly Bear crossing road

The Taste of Summer

Strong as heat lightning.
Sweet as a summer night's sky
sprinkled with fireflies.

First light

Strong arms wake and stretch
their fingers into darkness,
touching tenderly.

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When Nature takes her own

White snow, his blanket,
he rests on the forest floor.
Oaks stand watch above.

Dressed in the richness
of these woods—red, orange, brown.
Lord of air, fallen.

Little feet scurry
to see what strangeness lies here.
Still, they touch him not.

I found the body of a Red-shouldered Hawk, perfect in every way, preserved by the snow in the woods.
He appears to have broken his neck.
I wrapped him well and will carry him to CNC.

He will be admired by many,
but remembered by me.

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