Small things collected
from ordinary days:
The lavender softness
of Wild Geraniums
unfurling their
five-petaled dresses.
The exuberant call
of the first
Brown Thrasher
in mid-spring.
Fresh fawns
standing still
as statues
in deep grass.
Red Oak buds
becoming baby leaves
misted with
morning dew.
A delicate blossom
of Mayapple nodding
from the forked stem
below umbrella leaves.
The common
Cabbage Butterfly
resting on tender petals
of Sulfur Cinquefoil.
The gradual pinking
of evening light
reflected on the slow
flowing Grand River.
The anticipated arrival
of familiar constellations;
especially Orion
and his girlfriend Cassiopeia.
Magnificent things collected
from extraordinary days.
© 2021 Richard Havenga
Photo Locations:
1. Wild Geranium - Home Woods
2. Brown Thrasher - Home Woods
3. White-tailed Deer Fawns - Home Woods
4. "Baby" Red Oak leaves - Home Woods
5. Mayapple blossom - Home Woods
6. Cabbage Butterfly & Sulfur Cinquefoil - Home Fields
7. Grand River - Plainfield Township - Kent County - Michigan
8. Orion - Catalina, Arizona
