Intimate As Tears

 

It's mid-April

in mid-Michigan.

A drizzly mist,

intimate as tears,

is shed by the clouds.

Overcast, with the promise

of a greening spring.

© 2026 Richard Havenga

Photo Locations: 

1. Home Woods - Cannonsburg, Michigan

2. Gavin Lake - Grattan Township - Kent County - Michigan

3. Townsend Park - Kent County - Michigan

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

dancing with boulders

breath from the river

visible as silver mist

dancing with boulders

© 2017 Richard Havenga

Photo Location: 

Arkansas River - Buena Vista, Colorado

The Vessel

 

 Observe this intricate weaving:

 

This insect-trapping snare.

This delicate dish of silken threads.

This vessel of water molecules.

This string of magnificent jewels.

This symmetrical basket of mist.

This collection of diamonds upon the earth.

 

Who could possibly determine their worth? 

© 2013 Richard Havenga

 

 

 

 



 Photo Location:

 

Snake River,  Grand Teton National Park,  (Tetons)  Wyoming  (Wyoming)