waterlines

 

footprints in the sand

making a small impression

by the waterlines

© 2026 Richard Havenga

Photo Location:

Lake Michigan ~Ludington State Park - Michigan

chatter

 

listen to them sing

American Goldfinches

musical chatter

© 2026 Richard Havenga

Photo Location: Home Garden - Cannonsburg, Michigan

alpaca

 

good morning to you

time to eat some tasty grass

from my green pastures

© 2026 Richard Havenga

Photo Location: Grand Traverse County - Michigan

last light

in late November

last leaves collect the last light

brief glow in tree tops

© 2025 Richard Havenga

Photo Location: Home Woods - Cannonsburg, Michigan

brittle

 

brittle leaves hang down

wall of cornstalks stand rigid

ready for harvest

© 2025 Richard Havenga

Photo Location: Grattan Township - Kent County - Michigan

melancholy days

 

melancholy days

sadness accumulating

in the fallen leaves

© 2024 Richard Havenga

Photo Locations:

1. Townsend Park - Kent County - Michigan

2. Fremont, Michigan

summer dunes

 

shadows of grasses

dancing on warm summer dunes

choreography

© 2025 Richard Havenga

Photo Location:

Whitefish Point - Upper Peninsula - Michigan

cottonwoods

 

a wedge of warm wind

whispers through the cottonwoods

settles to silence

© 2025 Richard Havenga

Photo Locations:

Broken Bow, Sandhills Journey Scenic Byway ~ Nebraska

gift given twice

 

the gift given twice

first his birth then sacrifice 

the ultimate price

© 2025 Richard Havenga

Photo Location: 

Our Lady of Light Catholic Church - Estero, Florida

facial features

 

you think I'm pretty?

you like my facial features?

Red-naped Sapsucker

© 2025 Richard Havenga

Photo Location: Madera Canyon, Arizona

ribbon

 

Bear Creek sculpts a path

in deep January snow

dark ribbon through white

© 2025 Richard Havenga

Photo Locations: Townsend Park, Kent County - Michigan

simplicity

 

seven silver drops

on a golden stem of grass

pure simplicity

© 2024 Richard Havenga

gone

time moved on and on 

but he never learned her song

and now she is gone

© 2024 Richard Havenga

Photo Location: Home Garden - Cannonsburg, Michigan

blue silk

 

on soft summer days

the sky shimmers like blue silk

feels good on my skin

© 2024 Richard Havenga

Photo Location: Home Sky - Cannonsburg, Michigan

synchronized flight

 

slender and agile

banked turn in synchronized flight

pair of Black-necked Stilts

© Richard Havenga

Photo Locations:

1. Eagle Lakes Park - Naples, Florida

2. Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch - Gilbert, Arizona

contours

inside the contours

of his creation on earth

God hides while we seek

© 2024 Richard Havenga

Photo Location:

Point Reyes National Seashore - (Tomales Point) - California

white satin

 a pair of Mute Swans

ornament the icy lake

wings of white satin

© 2024 Richard Havenga

Photo Location: Reeds Lake - East Grand Rapids, Michigan

You may also enjoy swans from another season: 

"Autumn Watercolor" ~ Oct. 24, 2012

winter heart

 

in January

sun glow pouring through windows

warms my winter heart

© 2024 Richard Havenga

Photo Location: 

Home Windows - Cannonsburg, Michigan

promise

the young graduates

smile at all the cameras

eyes filled with promise

© 2023 Richard Havenga

thank you

 

I say "thank you God"

for the flowers I have picked

then my wife thanks me

© 2023 Richard Havenga

Photo Location: Home Garden - Cannonsburg, Michigan