Caves of Nectar

Supple Jewelweed;
these tiny trumpets,
soft and succulent,
lush and luxurious,
droplets of orange,
inviting bees 
and hummingbirds
into small caves of nectar.

© 2018 Richard Havenga

Photo Locations: Canon Township - Kent County - Michigan

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Fragments of Poetry 15

"How astonishing it is
when some floating sense of exaltation
or desperation sharpens into
a phrase that bursts uninvited,
into consciousness, ... and soon
this little jewel of a thing is born
and grows up to be a poem."

~ Luci Shaw - from: What the Light Was Like © 2006



You may also enjoy:

Fragments of Poetry 14 ~ October 24, 2014

Fragments of Poetry 12 ~ February 12, 2014

Fragments of Poetry 9 ~ May 9, 2013


Jewelweed - Impatiens pallida~ Photography by Richard Havenga

Small Blessings

Each day

holds small blessings

quietly disguised as:

Lobed Cardinal Flowers;

soft-petaled,

intensely scarlet,

thriving within 

summer's deep shade.

Towering Horsetails;

rigid, ribbed straws

firmly sheathed

and stacked

in storeys. 

Dangling Jewelweed;

an orange ornament,

an invitation funneling

into suspended

secret chambers.

Supple Jewelweed;

droplets of orange,
tiny trumpets of nectar
inviting bees
and hummingbirds. 

I have a feeling that you

have reflected on these thoughts

yourself,

held, perhaps, within the deep, quiet

shade of your heart.

© 2015 Richard Havenga

Photo Locations:

Ada Township - Kent County, Michigan

Saturday Morning Backroads III

Welcome to this third edition of: "Saturday Morning Backroads".

Please sit back, relax, 
and enjoy the ride.
Enter each place.
Picture yourself there. 
Become a part of the scene.

Hollyhocks, 10-Mile Road - Rockford, Michigan 

Bobolink

Butterflyweed

Mary picking Wild Black Raspberries

Eastern Chipmunk

Monarch Caterpillar

 Colorado Blue Spruce (female cones)

Dew on Jewelweed leaf

Chicory

Whitetail Deer fawns

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Saturday Morning Backroads - June 6, 2012

Saturday Morning Backroads II - October 8, 2014


Now you may want
to find your own
"Saturday Morning Backroads".

Take some time,
make some time,
to get out and about.
Bring your family.

Be sure to get out
of your car
before you drive too far. 
Walk slowly, observe closely.

It's all there for you.
Please share this beautiful view.

© 2015 Richard Havenga

Note: All of these photographs were taken very near my home in Kent County, Michigan.