Fragments of Poetry 19

"... the grass.

it anchors sand in place,
then names itself,
signing landscape

by bending in a gentle curve,
swaying half-circles, penning
a transitory letter..." 


from the poem: "Meditation On Creation" by Anne-Marie Oomen 
in:  Seasons of the Sleeping Bear  p.22



Photo Location: Whitefish Point Bird Observatory - Lake Superior - Paradise, Michigan 


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Fragments of Poetry 16 - September 29, 2016

Fragments of Poetry 15 - February 8, 2016

Temporary

While Willets wade
the shallow surf,

Sanderlings design
and redesign
the saturated sand,

signing their signatures
with temporary tracks,

and feeding while 
the water's receding, 

then leaving.

© 2016 Richard Havenga

Photo Locations:

1. Sunset Beach, North Carolina

2. 3. 4. & 5. Lover's Key State Park - Bonita Springs, Florida 

patience

you, the patient one,

please count the silver jewels

on this dome of dew

© 2015 Richard Havenga

Photo Location: Ada Township - Kent County, Michigan

Warrior

Wading and walking
with slow stealth,
dark feet slip
into dark water;
barely a ripple,
graceful as a ballerina,

yet ready as a warrior
to thrust its spear,
to plunge with precision
at a silver minnow,
to pierce its silver scales;
or miss.

Now waiting again;
yellow eyes
intensely focused,
prepared for prey,
patient as a monk,
still as stone,
wading the wetlands,
stalking in silence,
this master of the marsh,
this fierce, feathered warrior.

© 2016 Richard Havenga

Photo Locations:

1. & 2. Rogue River - Rockford, Michigan 

3. & 4. Eagle Lakes Park - Naples, Florida 

Settle

The wind subsides
near the end of this day.

Along the edge
of the woods,
trees settle;
their leaves whisper
good evening.

Tips of branches
bow, then rise;
bow in reverence,
rise in gratitude.

© 2016 Richard Havenga

Photo Location:  Townsend Park - Kent County, Michigan