Rushing

 

Like a fast mountain stream

plunging past boulders,

the current of time

is rushing through my life.

To slow down time,

I sit on a boulder,

breathing slowly, deeply;

open to possibilities.

After some patient waiting

under the shade of pine and spruce,

an American Dipper suddenly appears.

While slipping into the current,

it captured larvae

from underwater rocks.

Now it's ready to serve them to its young,

hidden in a globular nest of bronze moss,

anchored upon a wet boulder

in the middle of this

fast mountain stream

rushing through my life.

© 2022 Richard Havenga

Photo Locations:

1. 2. & 3. Taylor River (Lodgepole Campground) - Almont, Colorado

Riversong

Assisted by gravity,
the fluid force
of this mountain stream
surges with conviction.

Flowing freely
between its banks;
fringed with firs
and spruce and pine.

Tanagers and warblers
sing by her side.
Dippers dip and plunge
in her current. 

This is where
I most belong.
Listening to
the riversong.

© 2020 Richard Havenga

Photo Locations:

1. Arkansas River - Buena Vista, Colorado

2. Elk River - Steamboat Springs, Colorado

3. & 4. Taylor River - Almont, Colorado

Photo Haiku - Bird Series

red and yellow bill
reeds ripple on blue water
Common Moorhen glides

in hollow moss dome
on cliff edge above water
Dipper nestlings safe

black mask, wings and beak
Vermillion Flycatcher perched
sharp eyes scan for flies

feed at edge of surf
Pacific Ocean's bounty
Herring Gulls take flight





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Photo Locations:

1. Kearny, Arizona (Kearny, AZ)
2. Piedra River, Pagosa Springs, (Pagosa Springs) Colorado
3. Patagonia Lake State Park, (Patagonia Lake State Park) Arizona
4. Cape Perpetua, Yachats, Oregon (Oregon State Parks)