wind

windows crackle

wind knocks at the door

mumbles moving away

lingers over the hill

swaggers forth and back

holds its breath

invisible

suspended

overloaded

lashes out

shoving

away

spring

(revisiting my verse from 6/16/20)

Prompted to

Step outside

See the world in a new way

Enforced to

stay inside

a year ago:

nature took matters
into its own hands . . .

the atmosphere
breathed clean

The air cleared

of human clouds

but oh so briefly

too soon

the clouds returned.

the meek determined
to inherit the Earth

Curious sheep, cows, goats, kangaroos

crept urban streets

sci-fi silent:

the meek have returned home.

justice overruled
rulers and the cruel

Efforts were made but

the struggle continues

power rises and falls

crushing justice.

a new beginning
with peace on Earth
in a world
without end

Howling wind and rain

Spring returns

struggling to scour nature

free of fire and force.

Easter rising . . .

Catalog

essence of bird

gentle eye and beak

symbol of searching souls

rigid metallic guardians

lifeless feathers stripped for fashion

     power

          freedom

               wisdom

essence of bird

movement

stilled

by

 human

 hands

 .

Brancusi - Bird in Space

"Birding at the Met" online exhibit

Earthbound

 

my

daily

walks

h  a v  e         b  e  e  n        g  r  a  c  e  d        b  y

s  o  a  r  i  n  g

e  a  g  l  e  s

high

so

high

above

my

below

Edge

even though

    it's about to snow again

right now rain

   pattering

and scattered crows

   calling

so I open the window 

   peer past red maple buds swelling

      watch black forms swooping

feel the edge

  of cold spring's beginning

Hawk

a shadow ripples over my shape

but this darkness is not mine

today it is for a mouse

Half a month until

National (Global) Poetry Writing Month.

Nature waits for spring:

a hungry owl

perched on a blunt limb

head down

for mouse

Before October is gone - Today first real snow - almost 4 inches.

 

Warmer Days:

After light frost still many insects around!

 

Under Rocks and Logs - warmer places for insect to hide now

 

Weaving Studio Organized and recent projects

 

  

 

Studio with bookcase for warps, Kromski rigid heddle loom corner with roll around milk crate heddle holder, fancy yarn stash in totes, current scarf project on Ashford Samplet 10" loom.

Woven bands, 1/2" - 1" wide done with back strap and tape heddles.