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Photo Location: Saguaro National Park ~ East - Tucson, Arizona

Soon the Moon

A sliver of moon
captures my eyes
in dawn's mysterious light.

Soon the sun,
hiding below the horizon,
will rise to conquer the night.

Soon the moon
will fade from view,
dissolving into daylight.

© 2017 Richard Havenga

Photo Location: Home Woods

doubt

The trail of the snail
mapped out overnight,
now glistens in daylight;

shows nicely how precisely
its narrow route of doubt
led around every bend
from the beginning
to its end.

© 2017 Richard Havenga

Photo Locations:

1. & 2. Corkscrew Woodlands - Estero, Florida 

3. Seal Bay Nature Park - Courtenay, British Columbia  

Thomas Merton

"There is in all things an inexhaustible  sweetness and purity, a silence that is a fountain of action and joy. It rises up in wordless gentleness and flows out to me from unseen roots of all created being."

~ Thomas Merton (1915 - 1968) 


Photo Location:

Grand Teton National Park - Moose, Wyoming

Desire Waiting

Illuminated
by  her admiration
for candlelight,

her dark eyes
reflect the kindness
of her heart.

Desire waiting
respectfully
for invitation.

© 2017 Richard Havenga