Showing posts with label HavengaPoetry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label HavengaPoetry. Show all posts

Thursday, August 15, 2024

Turbulence

 

Fed by Lake Erie,

the turquoise turbulence

tumbles upon itself.

Surging and heaving

within its banks.



The Niagara River rapids

are racing to "The Falls",

ready to thrust its abundance

(75,000 gallons per second)

over the edge.



Where a magnitude of sound

astonishes millions of tourists;

blowing their minds with

this prodigious power

and extravagant display of creation.



And now a double bonus

when you arrive at this place:

the fine spray of mist on your face,

and a persistent rainbow

glistening with light.

© 2024 Richard Havenga



Photo Locations:

1. 2. 3. & 4.  Niagara Falls State Park - New York





Monday, December 21, 2020

Yesterday's Snow

 

Dull, gray light

seeps from the morning fog.

Dark trunks of oak

lift their thick columns

into a flat, pewter sky.


Long branches have shed

yesterday's snow.


Dripping to the ground,

exposing soggy brown leaves.

Small pockets of ground snow

are pocked by falling drips.

Small silver drops

cling to tapered twigs.


As the end December approaches,

the front edge of winter

waits to begin 

its long, stubborn stay.

© 2020 Richard Havenga



Photo Locations:

1. 2. & 3. Home Woods - CannonsburgMichigan