Invasion

 

On a late summer walk,

two steps into the hayfield,

young grasshoppers, by the dozens,

are snapping their new wings.

They leap and land, 

leap and land;

steps ahead of

my invading hiking boots,

which must seem like 

a ground storm to them.

They leap and land,

like tiny mortar rounds,

sprinkling the green field

and grasses like 

live drops of rain.

© 2021 Richard Havenga

Photo Locations:

1, 2, & 3. Grattan Township - Kent County - Michigan

Grass-hopping

On a mid-summer walk,
two steps into a hayfield,
young grasshoppers, by the dozens,
are snapping their new wings.
Short test flights into the green.

Leaping and landing,
leaping and landing
on stiff blades of grass.
Steps ahead of my
invading hiking boots.

The sound of dry parchment
spattering these acres.
Sprinkling the green field
like dry drops of rain
just ahead of the storm.

© 2020 Richard Havenga

Photo Location:

1. Grattan Township - Kent County - Michigan