Category Archives: In the neighborhood

Birds du Jour

Seen at the east-most bridge over the Kinderhook in Brainard tonight. Made me turn around to take a closer look. (Common Merganser, Male in the elegant black and white plumage, and Female with the reddish head and crest)

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Two owls in the night

far off late at night •
the air is quiet, dogs sleep, •
two owls talk dirty Continue reading →

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Happy May Day – post-NaPoWriMo

One last poem before the NaPoWriMo fades away for another year, just to wish you a happy May Day. In the grey brown woods this morning green clouds rolled along the ground Not much on May first is revealed but … Continue reading →

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Day 29 – NaPoWriMo

You have to know all the places to stop •
and how to get there quickly •
before the color and light is gone… • Continue reading →

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fixing a goal

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Continue reading →

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